Re: [CR] Was "Market Slump", Now "Deal Breaker?" Whoops

(Example: Framebuilders:Norman Taylor)

From: "Norm and Val Lafleur" <nvlafleur@verizon.net>
To: "Norm and Val Lafleur" <nvlafleur@verizon.net>, "classicrendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, "Weigle, Peter" <jpweigle@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:40:19 -0400
Subject: Re: [CR] Was "Market Slump", Now "Deal Breaker?" Whoops


Too much in a hurry. Forgot to sign off properly.

Norm Lafleur
Ashfield, Massachusetts
USA


----- Original Message -----
From: Norm and Val Lafleur
To: classicrendezvous


<jpweigle@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:37 AM Subject: Re: [CR] Was "Market Slump", Now "Deal Breaker?"


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>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> Your comment about about the gnarled then polished seat post caught my
>> attention. I have one exactly as you described. So the question is how
>> undersized is too much? Mine is a 26.2 that is undersized by 0.1 mm.
>> Given that this is most likely to be used in a Cinelli with a sleeved
>> seat tube, how risky is it.
>>
>> Will you be at Monson on Sunday?
>>
>> Norm
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Peter Weigle" <jpweigle@sbcglobal.net>
>> To: "Classicrendezvous@Bikelist.Org" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:28 AM
>> Subject: Re: [CR] Was "Market Slump", Now "Deal Breaker?"
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I would also consider seat post diameter as a possible culprit in
>>> causing the crack. The post's insertion can't be ruled out as mentioned
>>> previously, but I've seen more of these cracks caused by undersized
>>> posts, or posts the right supposed diameters, that have been gnarled,
>>> pitted, and then polished up to look good, but then end up on the shy
>>> side of what they're supposed to be. To take care of that and the
>>> slipping post the rider cranks up on the binder bolt and the tube
>>> "pinches", and cracks.
>>>
>>>
>>> peter weigle
>>> lyme, ct.