You can thank the CPSC and the Litigious Class for the Wet Rims sticker.
And at least the guy tried really hard with the wind trainer excuse.
That reminds me- when I worked at Brands in Wantagh NY not so long ago - of the Klein birthday present that was bought for a 13 year old kid- a beautiful (at the time of garish neon pink bikes) mtn bike was wheeled back into the mechanics area because we 'forgot' to put on the kickstand. Mom and Dad and little Kyle were all screaming that the bike had to have a kick stand on it- their schwinns had one, why not this bike? The bike passed through the hands of like 10 or so mechanics before someone did the deed.
Tom Martin
Oakland CA
> Worse is the aftermath of the gnarly machanics kickstand installation.
Can
> youse all say "Greenfield" at once?
> Johnny Pergolizzi
> New York City
> U.S. of A
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Barner" <steve@sburl.com>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:16 PM
> Subject: [CR]Wet rims who want to get to know you better
>
>
> > If you look closely at the headtube shot of this '77 Paramount track
> frame,
> > you will see the "Caution: wet rims increase stopping distance..."
sticker
> > on the downtube. How does that work on a bike with no brakes?
> >
> >
>
http://ebay.com/
> >
> > Gotta love those folks at Schwinn.
> >
> > Steve Barner, erstwhile Schwinn machanic, now in Bolton, Vermont