Re: [CR]Re: Classicrendezvous Digest, Presoftened Saddles

(Example: Framebuilding:Restoration)

Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 22:14:58 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Classicrendezvous Digest, Presoftened Saddles
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CYCLESTORE@aol.com wrote:
> The large rivet rumor I used to hear was the rivets were actual pennies!
> Sadly the large rivets I have on hand would make poor Penny's and vise versa thug
> it could be possible. Later I heard these were myths but some myths are true.

Not this one, I fear.

The "large" rivets on saddles are far too small to have been hammered from old (pre-decimal) British pennies.

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John (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA