I'd be a bit careful when you wax lyrical on an international email forum - in this country, "tranny" is slang for transvestite...:-)
Neil Foddering
Weymouth, Dorset, England
> From: reidfisher@hotmail.com
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:18:19 +0000
> Subject: [CR]Re: Shifters (friction and index)
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> Beau Links recently asked re friction shifters vs. indexed, which in a wa
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> is the same thread as the "old bikes, old skis" thread. A lot of it is e
st
> hetics. We have to admit that the new technology probably wins races, bu
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> the old stuff sure is fun. Shifting an index shifter cleanly is an absol
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> e pleasure, and it's one of those skills you never get tired of improving
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> Even the sound is cool. Like the sound of wavelets slapping a wooden ca
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> e, wooden XC skis on cold snow, double-clutching a non-synchro tranny...
>
> Reid Fisher
> San Martin, California
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