Are you asking for a show of hands? ; )
Jamie
James B. Swan Northport, NY, USA http://www.jamieswan.net http://www.limws.org http://www.liatca.org
On May 22, 2009, at 7:48 PM, oroboyz@aol.com wrote:
> << Today in Marin (a Probike hotbed) maybe only 1 shop could
> rethread an Italian BB, he could do it in 30 minutes or so but it
> would take him 2 weeks to find where he put the tools >>
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> It's a shame they don't have good shops out there in California
> like we have in North Carolina Ha ha!
> (Acxtually I wonder how many here have Italian taps, etc. Not many
> I bet...)
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> Dale
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> Dale Brown
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> cycles de ORO, Inc.
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> 1410 Mill Street
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> Greensboro, NC USA
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Freitas <freitas1@pacbell.net>
> To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Fri, 22 May 2009 7:15 pm
> Subject: [CR] Lack of proper tooling at local bike shops (may as
> well make that lack of skills with vintage stuff in general)
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> I am thinking all that Italian and French frame
> tooling was sold off as bikes went to a world wide standard. Many
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> have bought up some of that stuff and are now the beneficiaries.
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> Even in the day most shops lacked the BB taps
> ,reamers and head tube tools. The average shop would try to straighten
> your fork and failing that usually used a replacement fork with was
> threaded for a wide range of sizes. Then the operation was simply
> cut to
> size.
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> Today in Marin (a Probike hotbed) maybe only 1 shop
> could rethread an Italian BB, he could do20it in 30 minutes or so
> but it
> would take him 2 weeks to find where he put the tools
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> BOB FREITAS
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> waiting until Tuesday for my fame to spread in MILL VALLEY ,CA USA
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