Thomas R. Adams, Jr. wrote:
>So let me see if I can keep track of this:
>
> We have Silca/Zefal, Sturmey Archer/Derailleurs, cheap
>sewups/clinchers, Simplex/Campagnolo, Suntour/everyone else, toe
>clips/clipless, Tuscon/Pasadena, socketed dropouts/slotted dropouts,
>pressed/cast, No Cal/So Cal, East Coast/Left Coast,
>indexed=evil/indexed=ok and warm weather/cold weather riders. Did I
>miss any? And which camps are you in? Except for Chuck, of course,
>who is in all camps except maybe the cold weather. Goodness, we
>love to disagree, don't we?
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| obstinate war for six and thirty moons past. It began upon the |
| following occasion. It is allowed on all hands, that the |
| primitive way of breaking eggs before we eat them, was upon the |
| large end; but his present Majesty's grandfather, while he was a |
| boy, going to eat an egg, and breaking it according to the |
| ancient practice, happened to cut one of his fingers. Whereupon |
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| rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end. Many |
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