Re: [CR]Is there such a thing....

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Cinelli)

Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 09:45:15 -0400
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Larry Osborn" <losborn2@wvu.edu>
Subject: Re: [CR]Is there such a thing....
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At 08:53 AM 6/27/2005, you wrote:
>I can understand this becoming a problem if someone only has one bike and
>one freewheel, but most of us have boxes of freewheels or at least, spare
>wheels, with the right width freewheel. Why should one beat their heads
>against the wall, darwinizing a solution to a problem that has easier
>fixes? This would be kind of like machining a brake hole so that it will
>take a recessed brake only because one doesn't have a nutted brake in the
>inventory. The easier solution is to just get the right part.
>Lou Deeter, Orlando FL

The right part? What a concept. But where is the fun in that?

Just a little headline I keep taped to my desk lamp as a constant reminder:

"Self-abuse is No. 1 KIller" Atlanta Journal - 12/15/76

It's right next to the "I'm not dead yet" button a friend picked up for me recently from Spamalot. Who needs enemies?

Larry "self-amused" Osborn
Morgantown WV