I can't say I know exactly what the physics was that Greg was talking about, but I can say I do not keep them near to or in view of the furnace. Any radiation less penetrating than X-ray is blocked by a wooden wall, and the air flow into the little former coal room is minimal. Effectively, they're in the other end, NOS tubulars and all.
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Tom Sanders <tom@orderandchaos.com> wrote:
> Ken Freeman wrote that he keeps his bikes in the basement. Years ago I
> bought 80# of new in the box Campagnolo parts from a gent and took them to
> Greg Parker to sell them. Greg is about as canny as anyone about such
> things and he looked the stuff over and said he was surprised that it had
> all been kept in a basement these many years, because there was no evidence
> of damage from the furnace. He said they must have been in the other end
> of
> the basement. He went on to say that a furnace gives off something like
> Ultra violet (no that doesn't sound right , does it? I must have it a bit
> mixed up) that deteriorates tires, brake hoods, cables, washers, etc. I
> cannot for the life of me recall whether it was Ultra Violet, electro
> magnetic or what it was that was damaging. Might anyone recall hearing
> something like this?
>
> Tom Sanders
>
> Lansing, MI USA
>
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