On Tue, 2010-12-14 at 15:50 -0700, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
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> BTW, as to speed, as a teenager in 1 mile high Nairobi, I could draft
> the slower motor vehicles on the flat with such a roadster -- I
> remember once drafting a Peugeot 403 pickup for a mile or so at about
> 30 mph along northbound Limu
I was kidding about Kool Stops. As for leather pads, back 40 or 50
years ago domestic industry leather replacement pads were available
for the impecunious and were quite common. After a year or so in
alternating wet and then hot + dry, they'd condense to the consistency
of cheap ceramic with corres
On Tue, 2010-12-14 at 14:55 -0700, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
> I'm tempted to pay $5 just for a photo of the rod brake stuff, for
> sentimental reasons (but I won't). The Indian ones never worked after
> the first few miles; I wonder if the Raleighs etc worked better? Kool
> Stop salmon pads? Old and lo
I'm tempted to pay $5 just for a photo of the rod brake stuff, for
sentimental reasons (but I won't). The Indian ones never worked after the
first few miles; I wonder if the Raleighs etc worked better? Kool Stop
salmon pads? Old and long outdated technology, like Woods valves, or simply
bad quality
A few things for sale, cheap to good home:
1. Box of assorted rod-brake parts, including two handlebars, rods and
nuts and bolts. You sort, fix, use; I don't know what's here and don't
care. You can buy the whole box for $5.00 if you pick it up in
Portland. It would cost at least 15-20 to ship s
