Tom Rawson wrote:
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> Thanks for the photo Mark. Now that I know mines a "First"
> generation, how fragile is it? What did you mean by "The first
> gen ones broke there if you sneezed on 'em"?
Utter exaggeration, like you've seen from me a million times. I just meant that I'd seen a few (3 or 4) that broke there. Maybe I knew at the time how hard a whack it took; I've forgotten now. Maybe they were crashed on? They were brought in by customers back in my bike biz days, and I was not there to witness them being broken.
I don't even know if the 2nd-gen ones are all that much stronger, but it stands to reason they have to be a bit stronger, with the extra metal right there where they broke.
Mark Bulgier
Seattle, Wa
USA