On Sep 11, 2007, at 5:50 AM, Michael Schmidt wrote:
> That Weigle bike on ebay may have started out as a mountain bike
> but with
> the braze on barrels for racks, it is now clearly intended for
> touring.
> Look at the rear stays. Long wheelbase.
>
> But if Dale says its OT, that is cool and "the hell with it"
"Rule 15. While the CR focus is on the beginning of the Twentieth century to 1983, a few contemporary, classically made small workshop bikes are considered on topic* here These are generally referred to as "KOF" (see # 2 above) but those welded, injection molded, or glued modern wonders belong in some other mail list. Ditto for mountain bikes, "middle weights", BMX, recumbents and balloon tired bikes."
Hmmmm... a mountain bike with racks is now clearly a touring bike? Long stays are for touring bikes and not for mountain bikes? Mmmmm... yeah, right Mike, whatever you say...
Picture of the "touring bike":
http://i4.ebayimg.com/
Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA
USA