In a message dated 7/28/2002 5:08:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, magpie@messengers.org writes:
<< Mark wrote: "..........And speaking of wacky, what's up with that big ol' manhole cover in the top of the downtube lug? I suppose it is for lubing the lower headset race, but why's it so big?.........."
And Joel answered: "................but stranger things have happened in the world of bike design...
I've seen bikes before that have used the frame tubes as oil reservoirs..."
Of course!...... there was the Egarim (did I spell it right?) which stored reserve energy in the frame tubes to be released as needed on the uphills.
http://www.classicrendezvous.com./
(It's been a year or more since this came up.. Let's see who hasn't heard of it!)
Dale Brown
cycles de ORO, Inc.
1410 Mill Street
Greensboro, NC 27408
336-274-5959
fax 336-274-6360
http://www.cyclesdeoro.com
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