Re: [CR]Bar Cons vs Bar ends

(Example: Bike Shops)

Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 09:17:51 -0500
From: "David G. White" <whiteknight@adelphia.net>
To: Jamie Swan <jswan@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Bar Cons vs Bar ends
References: <3E269FBC.78EFB331@optonline.net>
cc: classicrendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

Yes. As I recall they were called "Sneaky Petes" because during a race a rider could "sneak" a shift without it being as obvious to other competitors as shifting a regular downtube shifter.

David - never raced myself but heard the story - White Burlington, VT

Jamie Swan wrote:
>Does anybody remember them being referred to as "sneaky petes"? Around
>here that was pretty common.
>
>Jamie Swan - Northport, Long Island, New York