As a Chicago native born, bred, and raised for 28 years, and a Michigan citizen for 15, I can say Chicago water is much better than Ann Arbor's or Detroit's. Jelly Roll was right, he just must not have drank any water while he was performing in Chicago. I guess the beer is even better than the water.
Makes it hard to ride a bike, though ... trying to get some CR content in here!
Ken Freeman Ann Arbor, MI USA; formerly Chicago, IL USA
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 7:28 AM, Tony Colegrave
<tony_colegrave@hotmail.com>wrote:
> Hang on a minute .... don't I remember Jelly Roll Morton telling us
> that, whilst Mississippi water 'taste like sherry wine', Michigan water
> 'taste like turpentine'?
> I wouldn't advise putting turps on your Brooks saddle - not half as bad
> as neatsfoot oil, though.
> Tony Colegrave. Wellhouse, Northiam, E.Sussex. U.K.
>
> > Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 07:03:19 -0400
> > From: kenfreeman096@gmail.com
> > To: teaat4p@yahoo.com
> > CC: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > Subject: Re: [CR] Saddle Soaking - Water Quality ?
>
> >
> > I would think Chicago tap water would be fine.
> >
> > Ken Freeman
> > Ann Arbor, MI USA
> >
> > On Friday, August 7, 2009, r cielec <teaat4p@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Ahoy !
> > > Soaking Brooks and other leather saddles -
> > > Does the source and chemical composition of the water matter ? Yes,
> clean but, does it matter whether basic tap water, distilled water, mineral
> water ?
> > > I have no idea if some of the chemicals typically used in potable water
> could be harmful to the leather. Does one want to chlorinate a Brooks ?
> > > Thanks.
> > > Richard Cielec
> > > Chicago, Illinois; U.S.A.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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