RE: [CR]Vintage cotton tents for cyclecamping and now Grubb cyclometer bracket

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From: "Neil Foddering" <neilfoddering@hotmail.com>
To: <johnb@oxford.net>, Rendezvous Classic <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR]Vintage cotton tents for cyclecamping and now Grubb cyclometer bracket
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:40:41 +0000
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Forgot to mention - the point of the Grubb cyclometer bracket is that the f ront wheel can be removed and replaced without disturbing the cyclometer, and it means that you don't have to fiddle with the bracket they supply as standard with these instruments.

Neil Foddering Weymouth, Dorset, England


> From: neilfoddering@hotmail.com
> To: johnb@oxford.net; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: RE: [CR]Vintage cotton tents for cyclecamping
> Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:56:52 +0000
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> It's a rather squashed Grubb cyclometer bracket, which has been modifie d
> so that it can be brazed onto the fork end, rather than clamped around it
> , whcih is what these brackets were designed to do. The bracket was ma de
> on chromed steel before the war, like the one on my Evans, and then in
> aluminium alloy afterwards. You can see photos of the alloy version, in
> cluding one in use on my W P Newton, at:
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> http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v396/hadendowa/Grubb/
>
> Neil Foddering
> Weymouth, Dorset, England
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> > Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:40:31 -0500
> > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > From: johnb@oxford.net
> > Subject: Re: [CR]Vintage cotton tents for cyclecamping
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> > What is this on the front fork end? http://tinyurl.com/5ajgg5
> >
> > At 10:36 PM 28/11/2008 +0000, Neil Foddering wrote:
> > >
> > >I've been invited by a couple of my pals to join them next June on a " co
> ast
> > > to coast" ride from Lowestoft on the east coast of England to the wes te
> rn
> > >Welsh coast. The ride will be about 350 miles, and the intention is t
> o d
> > >o it on 1930's tourers over 7 days, camping at night. Each of us ha s
> a 3
> > >0's Evans (or will have - mine is away being enamelled), and the pla n
> is
> > >to use natural fibre clothing, in line with the period, period bik e
> lug
> > >gage and accessories, rain gear, camping equipment and tents. The l
> ast
> > > item is something of a problem, since Egyptian cotton tents no long er
> ap
> > >pear to be made over here in period patterns. The favoured type is th e
> one
> > >-man, single-pole tent, which was known as the "Itisa". It was ve ry
> li
> > >ght, weighing (I believe) around 2 pounds.
> > >
> > >The loony who came up with this idea (as opposed to the two loonies wh o
> are
> > > following like sheep, one of which is me) has obtained quotes to ha ve
> su
> > >itable tents made, and the price quoted was eye-watering. Does anyo ne
> kn
> > >ow of a source of one-man vintage pattern cotton tents at a price whic h
> won
> > >'t require a mortgage?
> > >
> > >Pictures of my bike pre-restoration, and of a similar one, restore d
> by
> > >a friend, can be seen on http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v396/hade nd
> owa
> > >/
> > >
> > >It's a sobering thought that the combined ages of the three of us and th
> e b
> > >ikes is nearly 400 years. I always wanted to be a boy when I grew up.
> > >
> > >Neil Foddering
> > >Weymouth, Dorset, England
> >
> >
> > John Betmanis
> > Woodstock, Ontario
> > Canada
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