Re: [CR]Spreading chromed clamps

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From: "Peter Jon White" <lists@PeterWhiteCycles.com>
To: "Jay Sexton" <jvs@sonic.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <CATFOOD6cJphUpFMaRj00001712@catfood.nt.phred.org> <3F53CAFE.4030409@sonic.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Spreading chromed clamps
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 18:47:05 -0400


You have to be careful that you don't make a kink in the band. They tend to kink wherever the band changes from narrow to wide, like on either side of the points on the Campy BB cable guides. If you flex the entire band evenly, the chrome won't crack.

Peter Jon White
Peter White Cycles
24 Hall Rd.
Hillsborough, NH 03244
603 478 0900 Phone
603 478 0902 Phax
http://www.PeterWhiteCycles.com


----- Original Message -----
From: Jay Sexton
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 6:41 PM
Subject: [CR]Spreading chromed clamps



> Last time today,
>
> Okay, I'll ask one more time (the silence is deafening) does ANYONE
> have experience with spreading open chromed frame clamps - cable guides,
> housing clamps, etc.- without wrinkling the chrome? Is it possible?
> Surely some of you have done this. What were your results? Any
> suggestions as to how to prevent the chrome from wrinkling?
>
> Thank you..
>
> Jay Sexton
> Sebastopol, CA