> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 07:21:58 -0700
> To: GPVB1@cs.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> From: Brandon Ives <monkeylad@mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [CR] RE: RIFLED STEER TUBE / NOW PAPER TOWELS
>
> At 1:11 AM -0400 8/11/02, GPVB1@cs.com wrote:
> >What, if anything other than pure speculation, do you have that points at
> all
> >towards the frames coming from the builder already stuffed with newspaper
> in
> >the seat tube?
>
To which the 'lad replied:
> Read my post again. It's not speculation but testament from two
> owners. I wasn't around from the time the frames rusted through I
> just saw the end results and heard the stories. I make no
> speculation on why it was done, but it was done.
>
No es necessario, amigo. I read it, understood it fully, and you are reporting second-hand speculation about the origin of the paper, not fact. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that.
Did the two owners keep their eyes on their frames 24 hours a day for the entire time they had their bikes? Did they personally watch every mechanic that worked on their bikes for over 30 years? Hell no they didn't.
It's certainly an interesting anecdote, but you have zip, nada, bupkis that even points towards, let alone proves that, anyone at Witcomb stuffed that paper in there.
Cheers,
Greg Parker
A2 MI USA