Re: [CR]RE:RIFLED STEER TUBE old question answered

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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 12:34:39 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: CLASSICS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]RE:RIFLED STEER TUBE old question answered
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Chuck Schmidt wrote:
>
> David Feldman wrote:
> >
> > I can also remember an admonishment in a 60's Brit cycling book to take
> > those plugs out if you ride in the rain; the author had some idea that they
> > could swell with water and split a steerer!
> > David Feldman
> > VAncouver, WA
>
> What I have seen happen with plugs in the steerer is the tube rusting
> through at the top of the plug where the water collects.

Let me amend the above statement: change "seen happen" to "heard happening."

Chuck "it never rains in Southern California" Schmidt SoPas, SoCal

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