RE: [CR]Lightweight bikes and numbers made

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Campagnolo)

Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 16:50:14 -0600
From: "John T.Pergolizzi" <jtperry1@verizon.net>
Subject: RE: [CR]Lightweight bikes and numbers made
In-reply-to: <a0521061cbfb667da02a8@[67.100.123.185]>
To: "'Jan Heine'" <heine93@earthlink.net>, <Philcycles@aol.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Jan Heine wrote:

"Sort of like 2 x 4" lumber today - nobody is too bothered by the fact that it measures neither 2" nor 4", but 1.75 x 3.75" or something like that."

Only a carpenter/ finish carpenter would be bothered; a guy that does it for a living. Just like a frame builder. But those guys sometimes tell stories that might lead you to believe otherwise.

John T.Pergolizzi Brooklyn, New York Former carpenter/ finish man; retired. Letting someone else measure twice , cut once. But still 16 inches on center.