Re: Rival Camps (Was: Re: [CR]Silca Imperio questions)

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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:37:17 -0500
To: "Thomas R. Adams, Jr." <kctommy@msn.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: Rival Camps (Was: Re: [CR]Silca Imperio questions)


Thomas R. Adams, Jr. wrote:
>So let me see if I can keep track of this:
>
> We have Silca/Zefal, Sturmey Archer/Derailleurs, cheap
>sewups/clinchers, Simplex/Campagnolo, Suntour/everyone else, toe
>clips/clipless, Tuscon/Pasadena, socketed dropouts/slotted dropouts,
>pressed/cast, No Cal/So Cal, East Coast/Left Coast,
>indexed=evil/indexed=ok and warm weather/cold weather riders. Did I
>miss any? And which camps are you in? Except for Chuck, of course,
>who is in all camps except maybe the cold weather. Goodness, we
>love to disagree, don't we?

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