Hey Craig , is this the page you were thinking of ?
http://bikecult.com/
I love the Bike Cult site , and the sites to which it links !
But it can be a bit complex . Is this the page to which you were referring ?
And your Viking sounds terrific . Congratulations on having such a fine ride , and on surviving the weather ! Is it that the "dry heat" we always hear about ? Or do you have to worry about the bad affects of dripping condensation from cold water bottles ?
I've lived in the "South Texas Coastal Bend" . You don't know how ugly humidity can be until . . . well , let's not go there . ( hey , how's the weather in Harlingen right now ? ) But you really can rust your frame by taking it in and out of air-conditioned houses . . . Wearing glasses , even with plastic lenses , and stepping out of an air-conditioned grocery store at night , will teach you what you need to know about condensation . And it'll render you blind for several minutes !
Visited cousin in Colorado , the Delta-Olathe-Montrose dessert area . You can't understand what 4 % humidity is , until you've lived with it for a few days .
I'll take just a nice "normal" "low-medium" humidity thanks !
Cheers ,
Raoul Delmare
Marysville Kansas
> In a message dated 6/14/2003 4:41:01 PM US Mountain Standard Time, Brandon
> writes:
>
> > Also any info on what the little tabs on the end were used for would be
> > nice. I don't think they're part of the stamping process, chain
> > tensioner maybe.
>
> That's exactly what they are Brandon. A little cap like goodie fit over
those
> tabs. A bolt, centered through this cap, travelled the length of the track
> end to the axle. At the end of this bolt was a metal circle which went
over the
> axle. Then the axle nut tightened down upon it. Turn the bolt and the axle
was
> pulled back to tighten the chain. Go to http://bikecult.com. Look up track
> stuff, then chain tensioners and you'll see a modern version. I'd give my
> firstborn to locate a pair of originals for my Viking.
>
> Craig Montgomery in Tucson
> Just finished a 30 miler in 102 temps on my Viking
> Froze my water bottles and they melted at a perfect rate to empty them by
the
> end of the ride.