Sorry List (and Dale)...this is twice this week. I've gotta give up the BOB thing...I don't think I'll ever own a Rivendell (or two) and I sure as hell can't handle the email responsibilities.
Warren Young Toronto
>Sorry...my mistake...I was thinking 105 but it was an STX. but I've only
>had four Shimano headsets...two Deores, an STX and 600.The STX has never
>setup and stayed put for me, and yes I'm quite certain it's built properly.
>I don't know how it is that your headsets last a long time. All of my
>shimano headsets indexed with a month...oh yeah I forgot, I'm over 220 lbs.
>I like steel headsets and I'll be damned if there are many available. I
>passed over a couple of campag ones at LaBicicletta (Toronto) several years
>ago and regretted it. Stronglight, TDC, Campy, Ofmega and even the old
>Tange were preferable to me. I liberate the steel headsets off of old
>english 3 speeds and roadsters for use in my commuters. They are free and
>extremely well made. I don't have a threadless steerer in my 20 some odd
>bikes.
>
>Frankly, I don't like Shimano much. They overwhelm and destroy smaller
>innovative companies. That is business and I don't want to engage anyone in
>this thread. They make decent products and I still dislike them...call it
>vanity. I like to cobble my bikes together with a wide range of parts I've
>squirreled away, saved from previous mounts or salvaged from thrift store
>fodder. And yes there is the ocassional shimano crankset or caliper...just
>not many.
>
>I don't mean to be anti-BOB or anything. I'm just finding greater delight
>in older frames and components these days. It may be directly related to my
>spending power these days (nil) but I've had my share of exotica...and sold
>it all off.
>
>Warren Young
>
>
>>At 8:39 AM -0700 4/19/02, alex wetmore wrote:
>>>On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Cary Weitzman wrote:
>>>> 3 cheers for the industry giant that continues to agressively support 1"
>>>> threaded headsets despite their other failings.
>>>
>>>I wonder how long this will last. At some point it seems like Shimano
>>>is going to have to pay Diacompe's licensing fee for Aheadsets or they
>>>will no longer be in the headset business...
>>
>>I've been assuming that Shimano will wait for the patent to expire and then
>>be all over it. That shouldn't be too long in the future now.
>>
>>-Cary
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