Re: [CR]Ebay Cambio Corsa bike

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From: "Aldo Ross" <aldoross4@siscom.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, "Bianca Pratorius" <biankita@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Ebay Cambio Corsa bike
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 07:21:44 -0400
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aldoross4@siscom.net


----- Original Message -----
From: Bianca Pratorius
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 3:50 AM
Subject: [CR]Ebay Cambio Corsa bike



> When using the Cambio Corsa bike, when the rear quick release is
> released and then re-tightened after a gear change, what insures the
> rear wheel will be straight in the drop outs? When I am doing this by
> standing behind the bike on a regular rear drop out, it usually takes
> me a little giggling to make sure the rear wheel is right down the
> center before I retighten the quick release. If I don't do this
> carefully, the rear wheel will often be a little cocked to one side or
> the other. Having the screw down adjusters in the back set evenly is a
> help but not a guarantee. On a bike without even that assurance, I
> would imagine that it's possible to end up with a dangerously off
> kilter wheel. The saw tooth drop outs on the Cambio Corsa don't
> reassure me much either.
>
> Take Rae Dawn Chong's performance as a quick wheel changer in "American
> Flyers". At the speed she did it, I would be very reluctant to trust
> that bike for fear that either the wheel would be crooked or the
> tension in the quick release would be too loose. Saving ten seconds for
> a wheel change would be poor economy indeed, if you caused a crash down
> the road.
>
> Garth Libre in Miami Shores Heights Fl.