From: <loudeeter@aol.com> Subject: [CR]Question on Bike Part Seen in Bartali Museum Picture
> http://www.ciclomuseo-bartali.it/
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> Can anyone tell me the purpose of the hollow tube extending backwards
> below the saddle on this bike? Looks like a perfect place to put a wine
> bottle cork!! Lou Deeter, Orlando FL
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That is the seatpost. As Jamie wrote it should be turned around facing the other way. That is an American made bike so maybe they were confused by it. I'm not sure why the early posts were shaped like an "L" or "7".
Pete Geurds
Douglassville, Pa