Re: [CR] RFG components

(Example: Framebuilding:Brazing Technique)

From: "henox" <henox@icycle.net>
To: "verktyg" <verktyg@aol.com>, <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:56:35 -0700
Subject: Re: [CR] RFG components


Subject: Re: [CR] RFG components

Verktyg asked:
> Didn't RFG make those all nylon headsets too?
>
> I put one on a bike just to see how it worked. It didn't! The balls dug
> into the soft nylon and it wouldn't turn. Maybe I did something wrong -
> maybe no ball bearings?

I never knew the true provenance of nylon headsets.

In the years that I supplied them, I also included nylon ball bearings of the correct size. Ths likely made the difference in how well they worked.

Hugh Enox
La Honda, California, USA
chilly today.....not like summer