At 02:19 PM 06/05/2007 -0400, oroboyz@aol.com wrote:
> << Also, some of our UK friends corrected me on the seat stay arrangement
as being "Shot-In" versus "Fastback" as I referred to. >>
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>So if that is the case, what is a "fastback"? I think we are talking a
case of kleenex versus facial tissues here...
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It seems to me that "fastback" is a uniquely North American term, originally applied to cars whose roofline sloped all the way to the rear, including the rear window. We just applied it to also describe seat stays that joined the seat lug from behind, rather than on each side. When I left the UK in the middle fifties, they used "hankies", although cyclists still use the traditional method today.
John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada