toni theilmeier wrote:
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> But still, even given that some, if not many, race mechanics or amateur riders are rough-and-ready types as far as the material is concerned, to my mind taping brake cables to top tubes is messy and very unelegant.(cut)
The photos of the bike I saw with the taped cable housings where they exited the brake lever bodies was Gino Bartali's Legnano. Bartali would be considered one of the toughest of the tough! But when your hands are hurting day after day in a stage race like the Tour or the Giro you look for relief wherever you can find it.
Yes and sometimes it gets inelegant!
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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