I: [CR]Tire Savers & NEW seatpost identification request

(Example: Framebuilding:Brazing Technique)

Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 00:17:52 -0500
From: "The Maaslands" <TheMaaslands@comcast.net>
Subject: I: [CR]Tire Savers & NEW seatpost identification request
To: Classic Rendezvous <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Tom James wrote about tire-savers:
> I have never seen one that was not
> mounted under the brake calipers or that didn't have
> the clear tubing you mention. But I have never seen
> the black wire sort, the wire I've witnessed was
> always silver or chrome in appearance.

There are also versions that are made with a small chain that dangles loosely on the tire. I had one on an old Gloria that I used to own. It drove me crazy. At first I thought it was a home-made thing until I decided to remove it and found a patent pending mark on it. Odd thing.

Steven Maasland Moorestown, NJ

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