In a message dated 5/29/03 1:36:17 PM, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org
writes:
>
>Matt Yee wrote:
>>
>> (cut) It amazes me
>> that for all the well-designed parts of that same era, the hoods were
>> the most faulty.
>
>Not a design element, but a function of a choice in materials. You were
>expected to replace the hoods when their life was up just as you would
>tires.
>
>Chuck Schmidt
>L.A.
Hello Chuck,
Whoa back now. Remember steel and aluminum hoods from the same era seemed to last and last.
Now the current trend replacing long lasting alloy Campagnolo parts with carbon fiber designs should now allow these items to last for centuries of hard use.
We now live in a world of pure perfection,
Gilbert Anderson
North Road Bicycle Company
519 W. North St.
Raleigh, NC 27603
USA
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