Re: Lambert, was Re: [CR]What is the worst bike component ever made?

Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 00:45:45 -0600
To: "stephen a. solombrino" <up4479@hotmail.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "John Taglia" <jtagli1@uic.edu>
Subject: Re: Lambert, was Re: [CR]What is the worst bike component ever made?

At 04:03 AM 3/26/2001, stephen a. solombrino wrote:
><snip>CPSC mandated retrofitted "safety levers" (that was
>when the feds made us take well working Weinnman brakes and apply extension
>levers so the brakes would not work at all)<snip>

The Feds did some dumb things (and good things, too), but I don't believe that they mandated safety levers. Stupid front derailleurs, yes; reflectors, yes; curved quick releases, yes. Safety levers, no.

Regards,

John Taglia

Darn cold in Chicago