Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]DT 15 gauge for X3 for the road bike. 14 DT for the tandem x4 front x5 rear (where the Leica rides) Ken Wilcox At 12:45 PM -0800 3/27/0, Dan Post wrote: >ad- another LUGger that has built up bicycle wheels! >I mention this because when I was about 12 years old, I and my friends were >always tinkering with our bikes. We dis-assembled the Bendix hubs and >regularly repacked them with Vaseline- the only brake in the world that >works better when packed in grease! >I took a wheel apart one time and asked my dad if he could help me re >assemble it- I was at the stage where I figured dad's went to some kind of >boot camp where they were trained in every contignecy! >He said, "Son, it'd take a Philadelphia Lawyer to but that back together!" >Well- it wasn't until I was in College that I learned to rebuild a bicycle >wheel, and I did manage to do it, and get it dished right for the rear hub I >used without a law degree, but it was a chore. I am amused that the same >sort of eccentricity runs with other members! >WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! >Dan ( Double butted Etoile spoke dittos, over three!) Post DO NOT use the reply fuction! Address any response to wilcox@tir.com - ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits preferred---> <wilcox@tir.com> <kwilcox@gfn.org>