Re: coaster brake, was [CR]WTB: raleigh logo'd cotter pin nuts

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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:23:25 -0800 (PST)
From: "tarik saleh" <tsaleh@rocketmail.com>
Subject: Re: coaster brake, was [CR]WTB: raleigh logo'd cotter pin nuts
To: Harvey Sachs <hmsachs@verizon.net>, Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <4581F14B.3020004@verizon.net>


I sed: """ i have a beat raleigh sports 1966 flavor that <snip> I am in the midst of turning it into some sort of coasterbraked townie <snip> """

--- Harvey Sachs <hmsachs@verizon.net> repld: """ I don't know you, don't know your weight, and don't remember the hilliness of Albuquerque. I've seen messengers in Copenhagen riding high-zoot Italian bikes fitted with coasters, but I just don't think that they were designed for adults in hilly terraine.

<snip> Besides, as we've talked about repeatedly on this list, I trust that the coaster would not be in lieu of a front brake, which can pull the bike to a stop twice as fast. """

I say:

Harvey,

i not live in piddlyflat albuquerque, so don't worry! I live in the high mountains of los alamos, AND I am a svelt 190 lbs.

I seem to recall that you ride around on a wooden rimmed 1930's paramont fixie?

But in my defense, like most mountain towns, the town part is on a flat part surrounded by mountains, and I probably will run a front brake. But I do have years on not svelt adult experience riding coaster brakes, including a couple years of a very hilly commute on a 1940's 24" jc higgens girls bike. I figure that I will survive unless I start taking the mountain passes on it.

Later

Tarik

Tarik Saleh PO Box 208, Los Alamos, NM 87544 tsaleh at rocketmail dot com Bicycles, bicycles, bicycles: http://tariksaleh.com All sorts of bikes blog: http://tsaleh.blogspot.com

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