Re: [CR] Dawes Red Feather bike

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From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 14:13:07 -0800
To: Peter Brueggeman <4peebee@peterbrueggeman.com>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Dawes Red Feather bike


What's up with so many English bikes not fitting front derailleurs? Seems like an odd choice to say the least, needlessly limiting the practical utility of the bike. I guess they wanted to make them look like TT racers.

Of course I never understood double chainrings when three would serve 99% of riders better for the same reasoning.

Kurt Sperry Bellingham, Washington USA

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Peter Brueggeman <4peebee@peterbrueggeman.com> wrote:
> A "Red Feather" Dawes on UK eBay.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item20482304601
>
> or http://tinyurl.com/yl8fzes
>
> Nice seat tube graphics!  You can see those interesting pump pegs mentioned,
> which doubled as brake cable stops.
>
> Peter Brueggeman
> La Jolla California USA
> 4peebee(at)peterbrueggeman.com