No trick worse that shoving a pump in someones front wheel. Brandon"monkeyman"Ives Used to live in Bloomington, IN but now live in SB, CA
On Friday, Aug 02, 2002, at 09:34AM, Mark <rena.cutrufelli@comcast.net> wrote:
>What other dirty tricks did the Cinzano team use?
>
>Mark Cutrufelli ignorant in
>Laurel,MD
>
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>From: classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org
>[mailto:classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org]On Behalf Of Leonard Bulger
>Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 12:38 PM
>To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR]Bar end shifters
>
>
>About twenty years ago a Dutch racer told me that the problem with bar end
>shifters was that it was easy for another rider to reach over and whack your
>lever and send you onto the small ring as he was passing. Shades of the
>Cinzano racing team.
>
>Perhaps in old racing bikes bar ends made more sense with half-step gearing.
>The levers are conveniently located, so the double shifts aren't a nuisance.
>With crossover gearing, the jumps between freewheel cogs are smaller and the
>greater precision of a down tube lever might be more important than the
>convenience of the lever location.
>
>Leonard Bulger
>Ann Arbor, MI
>
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