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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 19:46:17 -0700
To: CR <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Marc St. Martin wrote:
> One neat detail that I did pick out on the pink bike
> is the braze-on on the right seat stay to hold the rear derailleur
> cable ho
> using. Never seen this treatment before.

Yes, that was my initial reaction... cool detail.

But the more I thought about the more I thought it was not such a good thing. The cable makes a nice loop all by itself with out the help of the brazed-on loop to hold the cable to the seatstay, and it would be very easy for that little brazed-on loop made of wire to get flattened and broken off.

It's redundant and too fussy; no thank you.

Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA USA
http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)