Re: [CR]Track ENDS/Nutted Fasteners NOW WINGNUTS

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Ideale)

Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 19:29:57 -0800
Subject: Re: [CR]Track ENDS/Nutted Fasteners NOW WINGNUTS
From: "Terence Shaw" <terence@shawscycles.com>
To: <MasiGC3V@aol.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <c1.1e4dfbfc.29d67f69@aol.com>


on 3/29/02 6:39 PM, MasiGC3V@aol.com at MasiGC3V@aol.com wrote:
> Are wingnuts appropriate for track nuts? Isn't there a serious reason to not
> do this? I cannot recall what it might be. Could be some sort of CPSU
> admonition. I seem to recall seeing these in the early 70s on track bikes.
>
> Regards,
>
> Charles "Carlo" Carr
> New Orleans, Louisiana
> _______________________________________________

They also used sharpened wingnuts in the "Ben Hur" chariot race . And unless your extremely "arnold" you could never get them tight enough. May I go back to lurking now please!
T. Shaw
Santa Clara,Calif.