Re: [CR]Old British prices: Now Cycling terms too!

(Example: Framebuilders:Norman Taylor)

From: "Eugene Powell" <radfin@SpiritOne.com>
To: Phil Brown <philcycles@sbcglobal.net>
In-Reply-To: <5c00b08eeff90c3237cf78624eabf55f@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Old British prices: Now Cycling terms too!
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:44:48 -0800
References: <00ac01c9518d$d5089d80$7f19d880$@net>
cc: Dale Brown <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

I was taught to use a match book cover, rolling papers would be way too thin.......................

Gene Powell Rad Finishes Portland, Oregon USA

On Nov 28, 2008, at 11:36 AM, Phil Brown wrote:
>
> On Nov 28, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Tom Sanders wrote:
>
>> My all time favorite
>> was Fag Paper Clearance.meaning when getting a custom bike many
>> racers
>> wanted little wasted space and the tires and such were to be very
>> close to
>> the frame of the bike.so close a cigarette paper would barely pass
>> through
>> the spaces between. Now I probably have really made a mish mash of
>> that
>> explanation, but I'll treasure the term always!
>
> It's how you set the points on your Austin.
> Phil Brown
> Done it myself many years ago in Berkeley, Calif.