Norris Lockley wrote:
> The two legged split rivets did turn up on some cheaper leather
> saddles
> in the 50s.
>
> Over this side of the Atlantic , the rivets are known to the better-
> off
> serious collectors as " Bifurcated"... Lovely name...just rolls of the
> tongue..but tends to sound quite rude when spoken by a native of
> Cornwall or Devon!
Split or bifurcated.
One man's double tapered seat stays are another man's biconical...
Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, Southern California
United States of America
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