Re: [CR] Surprising ending to Cinelli Pista frameset auction

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR] Surprising ending to Cinelli Pista frameset auction
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 22:39:54 -0800
To: CR RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


One additional note here: you just know that if today's bike messengers knew about how the hard men (Ted's a Charter Memeber) braked the front tire with their hand back in the day, they'd be all over it. Skip skidding the rear tire??? Sounds kind of effeminate doesn't it? <grin>

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California United States of America http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)

On Dec 7, 2006, at 10:30 PM, Chuck Schmidt wrote:
> Back in the day it was pretty common Kurt. The glove had a really
> thick chunk of shoe leather riveted and stitched to the palm of the
> glove (only need one).
>
> Personally I find the less manly way works fine for me... a common
> mechanical hand brake in place of the common hand.
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, Southern California
> United States of America
> http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)
>
>
> Kurt Sperry wrote:
>
>> OK, that should work fine if you are one of the handful of people
>> in the
>> World who can do it effectively!
>>
>> Kurt Sperry
>> Bellingham WA
>> USA
>>
>>
>> On 12/7/06, Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Guys and Gals, remember that Ted's method of stopping a track
>>> bike is
>>>
>>> not skidding the rear wheel (pretty ineffective). His method is OG
>>> Old Skool where he presses down on the front tire with his gloved
>>> hand with the shoe leather on the palm and his arm wedged against
>>> the
>>>
>>> back of the handlebar.
>>>
>>> Class is in session!