On Jul 23, 2007, at 8:48 AM, Silver, Mordecai wrote:
> If I remember correctly, it was Dick Swann, in his "Question Man"
> column
> in Bicycling! magazine. Every time someone wrote in referring to
> "clinchers," he would (rather pedantically, I think) correct them,
> saying that clinchers were a long extinct type of tire.
>
> Mordecai Silver
> NYC
Ha Ha... Dick Swann the Question Man!
Pedantic to the max... saddle seat seat saddle? Seat post? Never heard of it called a saddle post. Seat pin seat post. Seat or saddle. And on and on and on and on...
Thanks for the memories Mordecai.
Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA USA
http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)