Now I get it. I saw a bike with these two little arms bent in a "L" shape on
a chain stay but not rubber band. I pondered that for a long time.
Steven Willis
1778 East Second Street
Scotch Plains NJ 07076
908-322-3330
http://www.thebikestand.com
----- Original Message -----
From: wheelman@nac.net
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 10:02 AM
Subject: [CR]Hirose on Japan bay - questions remain (The black thing)
> I learned from Jan Heine some time ago that is a rubber guard that
> protects the chainstay from chainslap. It is like a big rubber band
> streched across two little protrusions from the chainstay. Pretty cool.
>
> Ray Homiski
> Elizabeth, NJ