[CR]Lost in the translation

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Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 17:33:24 -0800 (PST)
From: "David Ross" <dlr94306@yahoo.com>
Subject: [CR]Lost in the translation
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


Sheldon, you should just give up "Vainly Trying To Make Sense Of The English Language" and go for a ride. Put on your shorts (make that a pair of shorts), your glasses (still a pair last I checked) and if it's chilly some tights (a pair will do for those, as well). Then grab that pair of handlebars and forget about duality for a while.

Dave Ross Portola Valley, CA

Michael Butler wrote:
>You have two arms which is a pair so its a pair of handlebars.
>Unless you are Sid Ferris or Rene Menzes any way thats the way it
>works overhere.

Sheldon Brown wrote:
>I guess the French must all be amputees, 'cause the
>french words "guidon" and "cintre" are singular.
>The English usage is very peculiar and archaic. They
>haven't been actual "bars" for well over a hundred >years.