Re: [CR]Tyre wiping - a fool's game or necessary evil?

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

From: "John Everett" <jeverett3@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 16:55:43 -0500
Subject: Re: [CR]Tyre wiping - a fool's game or necessary evil?
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On 14 Jul 2005 at 12:37, I wrote:
> While this has precious little to do with classic lightweights, perhaps
> the funniest thing I ever saw on a bike was when a friend of mine,
> riding just in front of me, decided to clean his rear tire. He
> proceeded to get his right hand caught between the tire and
> downtube, which promptly locked up the rear wheel and firmly
> attached him to the bike.

Before someone else calls me on this, clearly he didn't get his hand caught between his tire and downtube. :-|

John Everett - Aurora, Illinois

jeverett3@earthlink.net (John V. Everett)