FYI, this is also listed on Yahoo UK, with an earlier closing date, 12/11 as opposed to 12/19 on the US auction. I'm corresponding with the seller, trying to resolve the conflicting closing dates. Don't know what will happen if there are two winning bids! Perhaps the bids will show up on both sites. Anyone with Yahoo auction experience who can comment on the situation? I am bidding but haven't met the reserve yet.
Of course I don't know why I'm involved, as I don't have the dough to build this thing up in a fitting manner. But then again, I could blackmail the list into donating proper parts. "Send the parts, or on goes the Sora Group! Buh wha ha ha ha!"
Tom Adams, Hetchins deprived in KC.
-----Original Message----- From: Sheldon Brown <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com> To: Tom Hayes <hayesbikes@nls.net>; Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Date: Saturday, December 09, 2000 5:11 PM Subject: Re: [CR]Hetchins on Yahoo
>Tom Hayes wrote:
>>For some of you tall folk on the list, I thought this Hetchins might be
>>interesting:
>
>Oooo, I'm drooling all over my keyboard!
>
>>http://page.auctions.yahoo.com/auction/46406631
>>
>>One question, what is the braze-on for on the seattube near the seattube
lug?
>
>That's a standard down-tube shifter braze-on.
>
>This is a fairly common item on high-end touring machines. It's for
>a down-tube shift lever which is used to control a lighting generator
>below the bottom bracket.
>
>The use of a friction lever allows the rider to adjust how hard the
>generator's roller presses against the tire. This is a good thing,
>because the biggest problem with this type of generator is that they
>tend to slip when the tire gets wet. If you have enough tension to
>make it turn reliably when wet, you'll have excessive friction and
>wear in dry conditions.
>
>Sheldon "Hetchins Lust" Brown
>Newtonville, Massachusetts
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