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Sheldon Brown
Guest
Quoth landotter:
> Hey manufacturers, if you're reading this--one shouldn't have to do
> any "mods" to mount fenders, racks, or kickstand on your supposed
> "utility" models! That's bad design on your part.
Yep. It's this silly fad for short chainstays.
It's a widely held superstition that short chainstays will make a bike
somehow faster and/or more maneuverable.
Sheldon "Long Wheelbase" Brown
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| I am come-in a very moralizing strain, to observe that our
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| pleasures in this world are always to be paid for, and that we
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| often purchase them at a great disadvantage, giving ready-monied
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| actual happiness for a draft on the future, that may not be honored.
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| -- Jane Austen
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Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts
Phone 617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041
http://harriscyclery.com
Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide
http://captainbike.com http://sheldonbrown.com
> Hey manufacturers, if you're reading this--one shouldn't have to do
> any "mods" to mount fenders, racks, or kickstand on your supposed
> "utility" models! That's bad design on your part.
Yep. It's this silly fad for short chainstays.
It's a widely held superstition that short chainstays will make a bike
somehow faster and/or more maneuverable.
Sheldon "Long Wheelbase" Brown
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| I am come-in a very moralizing strain, to observe that our
|
| pleasures in this world are always to be paid for, and that we
|
| often purchase them at a great disadvantage, giving ready-monied
|
| actual happiness for a draft on the future, that may not be honored.
|
| -- Jane Austen
|
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+
Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts
Phone 617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041
http://harriscyclery.com
Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide
http://captainbike.com http://sheldonbrown.com