Re: [CR]WORST BICYCLE PART

(Example: Production Builders:Tonard)

To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 23:18:43 -0500
Subject: Re: [CR]WORST BICYCLE PART
From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>


hey!! what language is bob dylan singing in???? e-RICHIE (...at the oscars)

On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 18:49:37 -0800 Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> writes:
> Richard M Sachs wrote:
> >
> > i nominate the brazed-on front changer.
> > anyone's. all of them.
> > its introduction solved no problems
> > and created others. the vertical placement
> > of the braze-on tab has never accomodated
> > all changers of a given era. and, as time has
> > passed, proper placement from one era
> > doesn't always allow efficient derailleur
> > adjustment for future parts.
> > all my frames have them!!
> > e-RICHIE
>
>
> ?-R?CH??,
>
> I have seen seat tubes with small dents caused by clamp-on front
> derailleurs and I have seen lots of seat tubes with rust underneath
> the
> clamp when it chips the paint.
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, California