It's interesting that when I hung out with Behringer he avoided building bikes with this option for this very reason. His were rounded instead of pointed.
Steve Leitgen La Crosse, WI
On Sep 8, 2006, at 4:35 PM, LouDeeter@aol.com wrote:
>
> Jack Romans said:
>
> Just an observation...but almost every "custom-class" bike I see
> has that
> sharp point coming-up off the front of the seat/tube/cluster lug.
> I'm not
> suggesting that bikes that don't have this aren't 1st-class, but
> it seems de
> rigueur
> for 70-80's customs.
>
>
>
> I would caution anyone packing a bike with one of these points or
> buying one
> for shipment to carefully protect the point. I do this several
> ways, but
> primarily by tying the bike to the side of the box so that it
> can't move.
> Lots of soft packing or an old seatpost inserted will also work.
> What happens
> is that the shipper turns the box upside down and if the bike moves,
> invariably the sharp point pokes through the top of the box,
> bending or otherwise
> blunting the point. I've received two such damaged points in the
> past three
> years. It is a shame because as Jack Romans has recognized, they
> are very nice.
> Lou Deeter, Orlando FL