'93 Peugeot Team Line 2000 autopsy

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The frame construction is awesome though I was unable to determine the welding process (TIG or fillet-brazed). The "welds" per se are nearly indistinguishable, as in the in-external welding process by MBK/Motobecane and Gitane in the late 80s and early 90s. In some later catalogues, Peugeot makes reference to pulse TIG and cold-brazed frame constructions. It's also highly possible that the manufacturing process evolves around the years, as for the tubeset, since the final incarnation of the Team Line 2000 was built around Columbus Genius rather than MAX EL tubeset.

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Though not advertised on the frame, by contrast with other models, I think this frame was welded using Peugeot Direct Brazing System, a.k.a PBS (Peugeot Brazing System) or Internal Brazing System [1]: "1982 - Peugeot cycles introduced the brazing technique for manufacturing its frames, which means the join or welded seam cannot be seen". And indeed, as I noticed earlier, the welds are barely visible.