[OrRando] i am now prepped for the nighttime populaire...
joel metz
magpie at blackbirdsf.org
Sun Apr 16 02:28:59 PDT 2006
the high wheeler makes a fine high wheeler. no sense improving on it.
however, it makes a lousy pneumatic safety.
-joel
>"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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>> i know what innocence looks like - and it wasn't there,
>> after she got that bicycle...
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i know what innocence looks like - and it wasn't there,
after she got that bicycle...
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