Original Message: ----------------- From: JB Froke jbfroke@msn.com Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:36:12 -0700 To: pbrueggeman@ucsd.edu, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]bar ends
"Peter -- In 1963, I used both Velox and GB on good bikes; both French and available (then) in a veritable rainbow of colors. If not removed
and replaced repeatedly, Velox will last a long time."
Oh, I love Velox bar end plugs.. they weigh a ton and have that nice substantial quality about them. And I like the old idea of having all th ose colours to mix or match with bar tape. Some of the GB colours were typically British club bike wild like the lilac-coloured ones recently (or
presently) on eBay. Properly coordinated plugs, bar tape, cabling and to e straps well to me they "make" a bike. But just why were GB plugs made in
France?? No matter how foreign the names sounded on British components (th e more foreign they sounded, the more British they were!), they were British-made. Usually by folks who couldn't pronounce them. So why did
Gerry Burgess farm out his plug-making to the Frenchies?
"I want American food, dammit.. I want French Fries.."
Peter Kohler Washington DC USA
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