Grant McLean wrote:
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> Personally, I prefer the integration of my "all group" equipped bikes, and
> not the mixed bag of parts mutts that so many bikes are... but that's mostly
> my bike shop mechanic past reaction to the ugly "mutt" bikes that I've
> worked on for so many years, when people put purple anodized titanium things
> all over their nice original bikes.(cut)
Here in Southern California in the 70s the shop mechanics in the various bike shops loved to outfit their personal bikes with not a single matching part! A real point of pride with the shop wrenches. (My Generation by The Who, "Don't try to dig what we all sa... sa... sa... SAYYYY!" in your face kind of thing).
If I ever put together a Rivendell, I'd make sure that the brake calipers were a different brand, front and rear, brake levers were different side to side etc. I would even mix spoke gauge, butted and straight and mix aluminum and brass nipples in the wheels! The ultimate bike shop wrench's bike... YEAH BABY!
Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal
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