Where to find parts to keep vintage bikes on the road is not in the least off topic. If we all insisted on only using consumables like tires, tubes, housing and cables actually made when the frames were produced, most classic bikes would be sitting in the garage instead of being on the road. If this list ever becomes that narrow I will gladly quit, but fortunately Dale is not a fool and would never narrow the scope to that extent. If Dale thinks I am off topic he will tell me, but he will not doubt have the good manners to do so offlist.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Houston, TX
> Swell Jerry... so to put this all REALLY in perscpective, the SIS
> discussion is off topic and so is your C-Record Bianchi. But I guess
> you need Dale to tell you that, right?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, Southern California
>
>
> jerrymoos wrote:
> >
> > Well, to put this all in perspective, the Bianchi in question is all
Campy
> > C-Record including Delta brakes. Deltas were more decorative than
> > functional, not as if they would actually stop the bike. So sudden
total
> > loss of brake function would hardly constitute a noticeable change.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jerry Moos
> > Houston, TX
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
> > To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 2:00 PM
> > Subject: [CR]Now: Pointless discussion Was: SIS housing misuse
> >
> > > jerrymoos wrote:
> > > >
> > > > (ctu) so maybe I'll meet my
> > > > end when an ALAN frame or the Vitus I recently bought suddenly and
> > > > catastrophically fals.
> > >
> > > Never heard of failure like this. Cracks but not a life threating
> > failure.
> > >
> > > > The failure of an SIS housing may be a bit
> > > > more likely than that, but a rupture of the housing won't
necessarily
> > mean
> > > > complete loss of brake function, and even if it does, most bikes
have
> > TWO
> > > > brakes. The likelihood that both front and rear brake cable
housings
> > will
> > > > simultaneously fail (cut)
> > >
> > > Have heard of this failure. When a brake fails, it would be because
of
> > > a hard application and there is not enough recovery time to stop with
> > > the rear brake.
> > >
> > > The point being it is a misuse of SIS housing so why do it? Seems
> > > contrary to me and a pretty pointless thing to discuss.
> > >
> > > Chuck Schmidt
> > > South Pasadena, Southern California
> > >
> > > .