Re: [CR]Old British prices: Now Cycling terms too!

(Example: Bike Shops:R.E.W. Reynolds)

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From: "Phil Brown" <philcycles@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Old British prices: Now Cycling terms too!
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:36:54 -0800
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On Nov 28, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Tom Sanders wrote:
> My all time favorite
> was Fag Paper Clearance.meaning when getting a custom bike many racers
> wanted little wasted space and the tires and such were to be very
> close to
> the frame of the bike.so close a cigarette paper would barely pass
> through
> the spaces between. Now I probably have really made a mish mash of
> that
> explanation, but I'll treasure the term always!

It's how you set the points on your Austin. Phil Brown Done it myself many years ago in Berkeley, Calif.