[CR]Re: [BOB] Tubie or Not Tubie, That Is the Question?

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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 23:50:57 -0500
To: Patrick Moore <pamoore@spinn.net>, Classicrendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, BOB List <internet-bob@bikelist.org>
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: [CR]Re: [BOB] Tubie or Not Tubie, That Is the Question?

I wrote:
>>Sorry to be a language curmudgeon, but I gotta say I'm appalled to
>>see people I respect using the infantile term "tubie" in speaking
>>of tubular tires. "Tubulars," "sew-ups," even "tubs," OK, but
>>"tubies" is beyond the pale! Have some pride, people!
>>

Patrick Moore wrote:
>"Sprints"?

If I'm not mistaken, "sprints" refers to tubular _rims_ not to the tires--sorry, tyres.

Sheldon "Toroids" Brown Newtonville, Massachusetts

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