Re: [CR]Re: measuring built bikes

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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:11:04 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: measuring built bikes
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John Jorgensen wrote:
> (snip)
> I learned long ago that all top tubes are not level, tires have diameter variation, so a level base plane with a bare set of wheels shows not the intended but the actual.

John, I'm going with the assumption that the builder could build a level top tube and I measure the actual angle of the intersection of the tubes with protractor. I think the angle finders using fluid, floats, gravity and a level surface are not as accurate? No?

Of course, I'm not measuring any sloping tube compact designs or Rivendell products...

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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