Re: [CR]PINOCHLE OF HANDLEBAR PLUGS

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 17:46:16 -0500 (EST)
From: "Brandon Ives" <monkey37@bluemarble.net>
To: Sheldon Brown <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Cc: Roadgiant@cs.com, chuckschmidt@earthlink.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]PINOCHLE OF HANDLEBAR PLUGS
In-Reply-To: <v04210111b6eab7288650@[10.0.1.8]>


If you're looking for real "class" nothing beats a pair of Dom Perion corks. Though I guess you could use a couple from some of that Cali sparkling white wine, but it's just not the same.

enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives

"Nobody can do everything, but if everybody did something everything would get done." Gil Scott-Heron

On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Sheldon Brown wrote:
> Quoth Scott Smith:
> >Hmmnn...
> > Velox black plugs have got to be the pinnacle. IMHO.
>
> I can't agree. They are the best available in these degenerate
> times, but old hands will remember the vastly superior CatEye plugs.
>
> They came in multiple colors, and had a more reliable expander system
> than Velox plugs. They were only available with thin Benotto-like
> tape in matching color sets, but the plugs alone were worth the
> price, even if you threw away the tape, as I often used to do,
>
> Sheldon "Oeil de Chat" Brown
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