Re: [CR]Re: Could this happen to one of your bikes?

(Example: Bike Shops)

Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:08:06 -0500
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Could this happen to one of your bikes?
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From: "John Thompson" <johndthompson@gmail.com>


Lee Levitt wrote:
> At 10:59 AM 9/13/2008, Tom Jue wrote:
>> eBay auction no.: 250293226556
> It's actually a nicely done fixxie. Personally, I wouldn't have taken
> the brazed-on b its off, but hey, it's his bike.

What's so terrible about derailleur hangers and braze-ons that so many fixie-freaks feel compelled to hack them off? It doesn't magically turn the frame into a track frame; it's just a castrated road frame.

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