Re: [CR]Deathbike project Shifter

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Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:41:46 -0800
Subject: Re: [CR]Deathbike project Shifter
To: hsachs@alumni.rice.edu
From: "Brandon Ives" <brandon@ivycycles.com>
In-Reply-To: <43CD9A4B.3040608@cox.net>
cc: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

On Tuesday, Jan 17, 2006, at 17:30 US/Pacific, Harvey M Sachs wrote:
> I've kept a pair of these for a couple of decades now. Maybe when
> I'll retire I'll play the joke I've always wanted to: shine 'em up,
> notch the edges, and use them to replace the levers on a winve bottle
> opener. Would make a nice, facetious, mini-Campag truly vintage
> bottle opener. This is not high precision gearing, so it ought to be
> easy.

If these are the same shift levers I'm thinking of I worked at a shop where someone had cut out a beveled "D" shape in the bottom. The shift lever then made a fine beer bottle opener. best, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives always thinking about beer in Vancouver, B.C.