Re: [CR]extreme original mojo

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From: "Tom Martin" <tom@wilsonbike.com>
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Subject: Re: [CR]extreme original mojo
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 11:03:43 -0700


So where do y'all get 1" pitch chains, in qtys of less than 10,000 ft?

Tom Martin
Oakland CA


----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Goode
To: "C. Andrews"
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: [CR]extreme original mojo



> Charles,
>
> Nice, almost mystical experience. It's like those lifelong-best views and vistas one sees, there's no camera around.
>
> You mention inch-pitch chains. I have a few friends who have ridden them on fixed-gear bikes, and swear they feel different. Not like more grainy or rougher, but a feeling of more direct power being transferred to the pedals. It made them feel like they were riding better, faster. I don't know if there's anything to this, or whether it's idealizing a technology from a golden, bygone era, or what? Anyone have any thoughts on this? I hear there's a place in California that still makes inch-pitch chains. I'd consider setting a bike up that way just for the novelty. Like an old Frejus track.....

>

> --Greg

> New York City