Laing, thank you for the info. I could sure use those. Beats deflating my tire when I want to remove a wheel Your mystery bike looks like a comfy rider. Love the crank too!
- Rich On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 10:38 AM lconley <lcon...@brph.com> wrote: > I got them off of eBay a few years ago. Just save your search and eBay > will keep looking for them 24/7. That is where I get my Brooks B68 saddles, > Vetta boxes and Nigel Smythe bags. Getting fewer hits lately, but takes no > effort and costs nothing. Just have to go through the false hits - Brooks > B68 turns up baseball cards and Vetta turns up sneakers and watches, but > you can turn the automatic emails off and just check manually, but > reasonably priced B68s go quickly. > > Laing > > On Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 10:21:55 AM UTC-4 RichS wrote: > >> Hello Laing, >> >> The QR straddle cable adjusters are a new one for me. After some quick >> research it appears these are a thing of the past. >> How unfortunate; what a useful design. >> >> Best, >> Rich in ATL >> >> On Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 7:27:20 AM UTC-4 lconley wrote: >> >>> In the old days, different size brakes from and rear was normal, not >>> sure exactly why - may have had something to do with horizontal dropouts. >>> Schwinn Paramounts came with Weinmann centerpulls - 610 front, 750 rear. I >>> have the same size combo on my Rivendell Mystery Bike and one of my >>> Paramounts. Nothing wrong with 700/750 on both ends if they fit, but if the >>> the shorter brake fits, it looks better and is lighter. If lighter does not >>> compromise function - I always go with lighter, especially if it looks >>> better. Note the quick release roller straddle cable carriers: >>> >>> [image: 3s.jpg] >>> >>> Laing >>> >>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/osLJie-QFrU/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/11394337-4222-4b62-ab76-933781010ed7n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/11394337-4222-4b62-ab76-933781010ed7n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CADumhoe3RCrxZgJGOvsXaTJ01RdOMp8qMay%3DXzYGZrW1hFqtyw%40mail.gmail.com.
