Re: [CR]WORST BICYCLE PART

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Falck)

Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 18:49:37 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: Richard M Sachs <richardsachs@juno.com>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]WORST BICYCLE PART
References: <20010325.214835.-323867.7.richardsachs@juno.com>


Richard M Sachs wrote:
>
> i nominate the brazed-on front changer.
> anyone's. all of them.
> its introduction solved no problems
> and created others. the vertical placement
> of the braze-on tab has never accomodated
> all changers of a given era. and, as time has
> passed, proper placement from one era
> doesn't always allow efficient derailleur
> adjustment for future parts.
> all my frames have them!!
> e-RICHIE

?-R?CH??,

I have seen seat tubes with small dents caused by clamp-on front derailleurs and I have seen lots of seat tubes with rust underneath the clamp when it chips the paint.

Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, California