Re: [CR]Portacatena info

(Example: Production Builders:Teledyne)

Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:36:30 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <john@os2.dhs.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Portacatena info
References: <02fd01c74f7d$ba0785f0$0200a8c0@HPLAPTOP>
In-Reply-To: <02fd01c74f7d$ba0785f0$0200a8c0@HPLAPTOP>
cc: CR <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

The Maaslands wrote:
> I personally think that the chain hanger nail is the most useless
> thing that you can put on a frame.

Esthetically, I prefer Cinelli's braze-on version.
> For wheel changes, as described by Chuck, it is useless. When
> transporting your bike, to use it, you are obliged to get yourself
> all greasy both when removing the wheels as well as when you are
> replacing them.

I keep some disposable vinyl gloves in my pocket for that purpose.
> Plus, it rarely keeps the chain sufficiently taut to prevent the
> chain from falling off except for when the chain is set on the large
> chainring, which makes replacing the wheels ever so slightly more
> difficult. Perhaps I am missing some hidden virtue.

If the chain falls off that easily, the builder brazed it on too low.

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John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA