[CR] Warning! "Retrofitting Ergo" is Off Topic .

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To: <giant.leap@sbcglobal.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:26:32 -0500
In-Reply-To: <863280.13327.qm@web81203.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
From: "Dale Brown" <oroboyz@aol.com>
Subject: [CR] Warning! "Retrofitting Ergo" is Off Topic .


Scott wrote:

<< I might be drifting off topic here... Is is possible to use Ergo levers on a conventional 6 speed freewheel? What could possibly go wrong? Everything? The question 'why' notwithstanding, has anyone tried this before? If not then I will be friction shifting a Veloce rear derailleur on my Masi? >>

If you think you are drifting Off Topic, trust your instincts and do not do it! Introducing Off Topic threads this way is insidious and grows like a fungus, with members responding and before you know it we have 20 messages all Off Topic! Unacceptable!

From this point on, members introducing an Off Topic subject in a message to this CR list will result in the auto boot!

Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA http://www.classicrendezvous.com

-----Original Message----- From: Scott Alan Smith <giant.leap@sbcglobal.net> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 7:11 pm Subject: [CR] retrofitting Ergo to a six speed freewheel on my Masi

I might be drifting off topic here... ? Is is possible to use Ergo levers on a conventional 6 speed freewheel? What could possibly go wrong? Everything? ? The question 'why' notwithstanding, has anyone tried this before? ? If not then I will be friction shifting a Veloce rear derailleur on my Masi .. ? -Scott Alan Smith Van Nuys hide-away

"You dumb mug, get your mitts off the marbles before I stuff that mud-pipe down your mush--and tell your moll to hand over the mazuma."


--- On Mon, 2/16/09, DTSHIFTER@aol.com wrote:


From: DTSHIFTER@aol.com <DTSHIFTER@aol.com> Subject: Re: [CR] Classic cycling shoes from Vintage Velos To: kohl57@starpower.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Monday, February 16, 2009, 3:27 PM

Mr. Kohl has been kind enough to point out the following:
> <<Vintage Velos has just listed some classic NOS cycling shoes (Dettos,
> Sidi
> and Vittoria) in useful sizes>>
> I would like to add that I had a pair of those Sidis back in the mid 80's.

I loved them, but be warned, that cleat really locks onto your pedal!! Th ere is no float whatsoever and I found that adjustment was very critical. Furthermore, they can be difficult to get out of in a hurry!! I never had that "problem" with Dettos or Vittorias.......

Of course you could always remove a bit of the material I suppose???? And

as Mr. Sachs so often reminds us: YMMV

Chuck Brooks Malta, NY NE USA

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