Re: [CR]Re: vintage spokes? or how anal should we be?

(Example: Framebuilders:Cecil Behringer)

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Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 15:51:14 -0400
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Charles Wahl" <wahlcf@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: vintage spokes? or how anal should we be?


John Betmanis wrote:
>Spokes are an
>expendable wear item, like chains, tires, grease or the air in your tires.

Hey, I resemble that remark! I'm looking for a can of late sixties air to put in my rotting but period-correct NOS tires. Needs to have lead and sulfur from auto emissions and power plants, and smell like hashish from the dorm -- that's what keeps the tires from deteriorating further.

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Charles Wahl