Re: [CR]Re: Carbide lamps

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing)

Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:19:52 -0500
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Carbide lamps
In-Reply-To: <d63.296b096.330abbd9@aol.com>


At 03:37 AM 19/02/2007 EST, StuartMX4@aol.com wrote:
>Old- timers always claimed that when they
>ran out of water on a ride, they would pee into top of the lamp. As the filler
>hole is about half an inch across, they must have urinated a lot more
>accurately than I could even when I was young!

Acetylene gas has a quite pleasant, sweet smell, but when generated from carbide, it smells like garlic. Riding behind someone who ran out of water could not have been a lot of fun. :(

John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada