On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 14:41 -0700, William wrote: > I share your dislike for the lawyer lips. I prefer that my bikes not > have them, and none of my current bikes do have them. That said, > counting backwards in time, the last 5 bikes that I've owned that came > with lawyer lips left my possession with their lawyer lips intact. My > point being that any relatively recent ex-mechanic has learned a long > time ago how to live with them, second nature, regardless of whether > somebody thinks that is a circus act. Even for regular cyclists, the > extra effort of dealing with them is small. I don't think that they > render a quick release to a wing nut or even a slow release. I'd call > it a slightly-less-quick-release. I'd wager there are far more > cyclists that refuse to put up with the herculean efforts associated > with friction shifting than there are cyclists that refuse to tolerate > lawyer lips.
Well, there you are. I don't mind friction shifting and can't imagine what "Herculean efforts" you might be referring to; and abhor and abominate Lawyer Lips and would not tolerate them for one second on any bike I own. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
