Re: [CR] Rapid taper chainstays

Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:40:06 -0400
From: "Dmitry Yaitskov" <dima@rogers.com>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <4ABABC49.9010801@verizon.net>
References: <4ABABC49.9010801@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [CR] Rapid taper chainstays

Hi,

http://tinyurl.com/ybjw4k9

Looks like this 1948 Holdsworth (ebay item 120473249975, if the link above does not work) also has "rapid taper" chainstays - check out the 2nd (of the two) photo. They look really nice, anybody knows why they were discontinued?

Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 8:24:41 PM, Harvey Sachs wrote:
> My lovely translucent Coffee-colored Raleigh International had the round
> rapid taper stays. At the time, when i was in the bloom of youth (ca.
> 1971), it felt very soft to me, but that is hardly an exact measurement.
> I sold the frame to a buddy, and substituted a very, very, stiff Torpado
> in metallic green. <snip>

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Cheers,
Dmitry Yaitskov,
Toronto, Canada.