" . . . dessert area . . . "
yeah well , maybe I might have meant DESERT area . . .
Raoul Delmare
Marysville Kansas
where the robins and the cardinals are having a
"battle-of-the-bands" just outside my open windows - need to go ride a
bicycle on a day like this one !!
bottles . . .
> 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
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <CMontgo945@aol.com>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 11:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Help ID these frame parts.
>
>
> > 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.