[OrRando] i am now prepped for the nighttime populaire...
paul johnson
pjinoly at msn.com
Sat Apr 15 22:38:14 PDT 2006
"but then again, improving on simple things that work aint exactly my bag
:)"
Then everything since the very simple and functional high wheeler?
----- Original Message -----
From: "joel metz" <magpie at blackbirdsf.org>
To: "Oregon area Randonneurs" <orrando at tire.patch.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [OrRando] i am now prepped for the nighttime populaire...
> >for me, it falls in the category of "if it aint broke, dont fix it"
> >To which I would respond, it does not have to be bad to get better
>
> oh true - but then again, improving on simple things that work aint
> exactly my bag :)
>
> >"since production carbon fiber frames and forks were first built in 1975"
> >I figured someone would point that out, so what do you think they would
> >have
> >said 40 years ago?
>
> how about "well, they did it with wood in the 1890s..." :)
>
> -joel
>
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "joel metz" <magpie at blackbirdsf.org>
> >To: "Oregon area Randonneurs" <orrando at tire.patch.com>
> >Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 10:26 PM
> >Subject: Re: [OrRando] i am now prepped for the nighttime populaire...
> >
> >
> >> spade connectors arent waterproof, but water isnt a significant issue
> >> with them, in my experience. in 8 years of constant daily usage with
> >> a schmidt, ive never had problem one with spade connectors, and i
> >> daresay theyve been through worse in those years than most will see
> >> in a lifetime. i honestly dont see the failure that susan had as that
> >> big an issue, seeing as its the only time ive yet to hear someone
> >> mentioning this actually happening, and ive been using schmidts
> >> pretty much since they came into production. i probably dont
> >> disconnect mine nearly as much as susan does, but ive certainly been
> >> *far* from gentle/careful with them. for me, it falls in the category
> >> of "if it aint broke, dont fix it"
> >>
> >>
> >
> >>
> >> -joel
> >>
> >> >You are seeing the world as it is, I'm talking about the way it could
> >> be.
> >> >Keep in mind spade connectors are not water proof either, try to
> >> think
> >> >outside the box and you too will be able to imagine something more
> >> >durable
> >> >and less susceptible to fatigue.
> >> >
> >> >Think of what design engineers might have said 20 years ago about a
> >> fork
> >> >(never mind a frame) made with no metal in it.
> >> >
> >> >----- Original Message -----
> >> >From: "Michael Rasmussen" <mikeraz at patch.com>
> >> >To: "Oregon area Randonneurs" <orrando at tire.patch.com>
> >> >Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 4:45 PM
> >> >Subject: Re: [OrRando] i am now prepped for the nighttime
> >> populaire...
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> paul johnson wrote:
> >> >> > it would be only a matter of a short time before they came out
> >> with
> >> >> some
> >> >> > equally elegant and functional fix, like a quarter turn quick
> >> >> disconnect
> >> >> > coaxial
> >> >> > coupling.
> >> >>
> >> >> A quarter turn quick disconnect coax coupling isn't waterproof.
> >> It
> >> >> isn't
> >> >> even
> >> >> water resistant. Being out in the weather makes the low tech but
> >> >> proven
> >> >> spade connectors a reasonable solution.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon
> >> >> Be appropriate && Follow your curiosity
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> >> >> for you.
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> portland, oregon
> ==
> i know what innocence looks like - and it wasn't there,
> after she got that bicycle...
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