In a message dated 11/9/00 1:21:06 AM, distracticon@yahoo.com writes: Oh come on now,
<< > I love the look of my old NR calipers. However, >
compared to current modern
> anything, the amt of lever pressure required >
is........tiring.
>
> Does anyone know of a readily available replacement
> spring that will make the
> NR caliper easier to close? >>
Don't tell me you are on this list and want to make the stink'in Campy caliper return springs weaker, if you show your dog gone pitiful wimpyness in this forum you could be stoned or worse yet; dropped in the country side where momma can't find ya! That dog won't hunt man!
I real classic kinda tough guy (or guyette) wants all of his/her Campagnolo springs stronger and more virile. Lets see some examples of preferred behavior below which I have many times demonstrated for my challengers:
You must train on cheap, heavy tubulars from Argentina (where rejects are recycled and remanufactured with broken machinery) that are designed for 26 inch wheels so you can get a full body workout when you stretch them on to the rim to change flats. Power and strength builds you up quick cause those tubulars are so cheap you get flats every day; except on high mileage days when you get three; and you like it. You had to quit your day job so you have more time to train, travel, maintain your bike and fix your stink'in tubulars. Time putting in road miles to time repairing tattered sewups and regluing them is about a one to one ratio.
Your wool shorts should have enough "gutta" that squirmed out from under the base tape smeared on the legs of the fabric to reglue about two pairs of race wheels for the big track and crit weekend coming up. When you are on an endless training ride and you sight a new road to the left or to the right you have to take it full well knowing that you will most likely be lost soon and drag home well into cold wet darkness or if you're lucky you'll be forced to bivouac without any equipment or preparation in a ditch somewhere Randonnuer style. You feel even better when you get a chance to drag your unsuspecting friends along on this little survival exercise as you get jazzed by their complaints. When they cry you laugh as you sneak in a few more miles just to keep warm before the sun rises. If you're lucky the path is dirt or will change suddenly and you have another chance to change a flat.
You should wear your best Team jersey on you rare nights out and special dates because it's the most expensive and best looking outfit you own.
You sleep in your bike shorts on your bike Cossack style and save another race fund expense...bed, bedding, bedroom.
Any crash damage, road rash, dangling limbs or gashes on you or your body should be displayed; the fresher the better. Never be ashamed of any badge of honor. Always remove your own stitches, yow! Better still never take a pain killer when sutures are installed and better still put sutures in yourself. It's not much harder than sewup repair (you can use the same needle to, just clean it in rim cement remover) and it saves funds for race travel. You can't afford health insurance anyway and depending on who gets elected you probably never will.
Well these are just a few of the many traits a classic Randonnuer or Classicrendezvous rider or list member should maintain. I'm sure other list members can share more and I will certainly remember more after the election.
Ya see, I got with a bunch of my Chardonnay swill'in liberal buddies to watch the Presidential election the other day and after 30 hours Dan Rather tells me I might not sleep and be drunk for a week waitin for the finish. Like I saw the one kilometer to go flag a dozen times. I mean it's like the old days when the Tour de France raced a stage for 400 km, then they tell the boys at the end they made a small error in surveying and the finish line has been moved from Paris to the top of the Tourmalet. Hope ya understand, sorry.
Gilbert" The Meaner the Spring the Stronger the Rider" Anderson, hic up
The only problem is finding those stink'in Argentina Tubulars these days.
<< > I love the look of my old NR calipers. However, >
compared to current modern
> anything, the amt of lever pressure required >
is........tiring.
>
> Does anyone know of a readily available replacement
> spring that will make the
> NR caliper easier to close? >>