Re: [CR]Mudguards to us .Fenders to you!

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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 20:37:18 -0500
To: "P.C. Kohler" <kohl57@starpower.net>, "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Mudguards to us .Fenders to you!


P.C. Kohler scritta:
>Now, here's a question: the CR List has more than its share of
>Italophiles. And no one can doubt Italy's contribution to our thing.
>But what commonly used cycling words or phrases are actually
>Italian? So much of the cycling parlance is decidely French. Not to
>mention the name of this very group.

Aside from the oft-abused "gruppo" I'm at a loss...

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