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