Peter Cole said:Dane Buson said:Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman said:Luigi de Guzman wrote:
> FLAME ON:
>
<snipped flame-age>
Quoted message said:> FLAME OFF.
Reminds me of the old roadie tradition of discarding punctured sew-up
tires along side the road.
I find a couple tubes a year discarded by the side of the road or trail.
Every one so has required patching a small easy to find puncture. Lazy
weasels.
Yeah, but if they're tri-geek tubes aren't they 650's in the 12-16mm width?
Nah, I hardly ever see anyone riding 650's out here, it's all been 700c
19-25 tubes. Of course, now I'm building up a 650A [1] aluminum wheels
for my mother. I really don't want my mom riding wet steel wheels out
on the roads.
Quoted message said:The thing I hate about 'em is you can't get them to stop using tri-bars
in a pace line.
One of my coworkers is continuing her evolution from triathlete to
commuter/roadie. I've sold her on the Marathon Plus tires and fenders.
Of course now she's looking at the clearance on the rest of our bikes
and thinking about getting a cyclocross style bike.
I don't know if I'll be able to ween her off the aerobars.
[1] Veering off topic.
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Dane Buson - [email hidden]
All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts
you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get
them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer.
-- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
