Re: [CR]DT shifters too close to fork crown & wiping tires

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Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:29:10 -0500
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca>
Subject: Re: [CR]DT shifters too close to fork crown & wiping tires
References: <20080829170528.906F019D8D@ug6.ece.ubc.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20080829170528.906F019D8D@ug6.ece.ubc.ca>
From: "John Thompson" <johndthompson@gmail.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

donald gillies wrote:
> The reason tire savers are not sold today is that racing (and not
> touring) bikes have become the norm; tire savers add drag;
> round-the-world tours are less frequent; and manufacturers claim that
> kevlar belts work 'almost as well' as tire savers.

That could be, but the reason I don't like them is that they dump so much grit on my chain. I fugure it's cheaper to replace a tube than to replace vintage drivetrain components.

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