i'm an unrepentant tire wiper and have a lot of very dirty gloves. i think it comes from riding in the city: there really is a lot of glass.
devon warner
in sunny san francisco, USA
> From: Stephen James <sj52@hotmail.com>
\r?\n> Subject: RE: [CR]DT shifters too close to fork crown & wiping tires
\r?\n> To: "donald gillies" <gillies@ece.ubc.ca>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 10:13 AM
\r?\n> I don't know if it has been mentioned, but many of the
\r?\n> riders I know from
\r?\n> "back in the day" wore gloves precisely for
\r?\n> wiping the tires. That's in a
\r?\n> ddition to tire savers. Then again, I believe that at the
\r?\n> time that was
\r?\n> also because everyone rode tubulars. I'd guess that
\r?\n> tire savers started to
\r?\n> go out when high pressure clinchers became more common.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Steve James
\r?\n> Bronx, New York USA
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