RE: [CR]So Sad part 2

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From: "Chris Ioakimedes" <chriseye@comcast.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR]So Sad part 2
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 11:54:18 -0800
In-Reply-To: <58656.146.152.216.2.1075833209.squirrel@webmail.nac.net>


Thanks guys, After reading Ray's posts, I'm still laughing. You have now increased the value of my bike and help establish it as a period HOT ROD!!! Back to the Chop Shop! chris ioakimedes Rainy Fairfax California Hey we could start a new bike show and call it Cirque du Sawsall! -----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of wheelman@nac.net Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 10:33 AM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]So Sad part 2

Chris, I did not mean to put a damper on your posting. You are to funny. Yeah, I guess as a kid I modified a few bikes with a brick or hammer. Never an expensive bike but still guilty as charged. I guess what puzzles me is why someone goes through the trouble of hacking off a D hanger to fit another derailleur. As you know they could have tapped out the Simplex hanger and fit almost any other brand. I have not tried it but I'll bet you could even have installed this derailleur by leaving the hanger alone and installing it on the axle as was done. I just looked at that bike in my favorite color, with fenders and overall nice appearance. I then imagined the rear dropout clamped in a vise while someone performed a Texas hacksaw massacre on it. This is not the first I have seen like this and I am sure it will not be the last.

Cheers
Ray in rainy NJ