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Hank
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On May 13, 1:11 am, Chalo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ryan Cousineau wrote:
>
> > Chalo wrote:
>
> > > Hank wrote:
>
> > > > bfd wrote:
>
> > > > > Don't know much about Zipp bearings, but if you want the ultimate in
> > > > > external bearing bbs, check out the new Phil Wood:
>
> > > > >http://www.philwood.com/BB-Outboard Set.htm
>
> > > > Holy spit, you can get 'em in French!
>
> > > Isn't that a bit like getting a saddle for an epileptic horse? Sooner
> > > or later there will be other issues.
>
> > As the old tale about delaying disaster goes, "maybe the horse will
> > sing!"
>
> > I don't think there's anything wrong with throwing down for a new BB for
> > an old frame.
>
> It's not oldness that is the source of the problem, it's Fwenchness.
> You can lay down a bundle for a BB, cranks, and pedals to make that
> smelly, leg-humping little dog learn a new trick or two, but the next
> thing you know it will want a headset, which will then make you find a
> new fork. Then it will be a seatpost in 23.7mm or whatever ungodly
> obsolete size, and then-- joy of joys-- the freewheel turns out to be
> Fwench (and worn out).
>
> Pretty soon you've spent a small fortune, more than enough to get a
> real bike. But it's still a peculiar, smelly, leg-humping little dog
> that probably has more bad surprises in store.
>
> Life is too short to suffer Fwench bikes or 26 tpi Raleighs. At the
> first appearance of trouble, they should be recycled. Better yet,
> don't even wait for the first trouble to appear and risk developing an
> affinity for an inadvisable machine. Save yourself and several other
> people a whole lot of trouble and cut the ******* up before disposing
> of it.
>
> Chalo
Oh, no argument there...95% of the value in my PX-10 (updated with a
full Campy Centaur group, aside from the PW BB) is sentimental, since
I've had the thing since I was 13 (I turn 35 next month). For so many
years, I built up in my head what a great bike it was, I was kind of
taken aback when I tried out bikes with, well, BETTER geometry than
the parallel 74s of my PX-10. I don't see myself ever getting rid of
it, but if something happened to it, I'd happily replace it with a
Mercian King of Mercia to fill my "lugged Reynolds classy European
bike with room for fenders & 28mm tires" slot.
> Ryan Cousineau wrote:
>
> > Chalo wrote:
>
> > > Hank wrote:
>
> > > > bfd wrote:
>
> > > > > Don't know much about Zipp bearings, but if you want the ultimate in
> > > > > external bearing bbs, check out the new Phil Wood:
>
> > > > >http://www.philwood.com/BB-Outboard Set.htm
>
> > > > Holy spit, you can get 'em in French!
>
> > > Isn't that a bit like getting a saddle for an epileptic horse? Sooner
> > > or later there will be other issues.
>
> > As the old tale about delaying disaster goes, "maybe the horse will
> > sing!"
>
> > I don't think there's anything wrong with throwing down for a new BB for
> > an old frame.
>
> It's not oldness that is the source of the problem, it's Fwenchness.
> You can lay down a bundle for a BB, cranks, and pedals to make that
> smelly, leg-humping little dog learn a new trick or two, but the next
> thing you know it will want a headset, which will then make you find a
> new fork. Then it will be a seatpost in 23.7mm or whatever ungodly
> obsolete size, and then-- joy of joys-- the freewheel turns out to be
> Fwench (and worn out).
>
> Pretty soon you've spent a small fortune, more than enough to get a
> real bike. But it's still a peculiar, smelly, leg-humping little dog
> that probably has more bad surprises in store.
>
> Life is too short to suffer Fwench bikes or 26 tpi Raleighs. At the
> first appearance of trouble, they should be recycled. Better yet,
> don't even wait for the first trouble to appear and risk developing an
> affinity for an inadvisable machine. Save yourself and several other
> people a whole lot of trouble and cut the ******* up before disposing
> of it.
>
> Chalo
Oh, no argument there...95% of the value in my PX-10 (updated with a
full Campy Centaur group, aside from the PW BB) is sentimental, since
I've had the thing since I was 13 (I turn 35 next month). For so many
years, I built up in my head what a great bike it was, I was kind of
taken aback when I tried out bikes with, well, BETTER geometry than
the parallel 74s of my PX-10. I don't see myself ever getting rid of
it, but if something happened to it, I'd happily replace it with a
Mercian King of Mercia to fill my "lugged Reynolds classy European
bike with room for fenders & 28mm tires" slot.