Re: [Leica] Er, shame on my off-topic post: me too

[John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>]

As the "bicycle guy" in the neighbourhood let me cheer on your wheel
building efforts! I have lost track of the number of bikes I have but I had
three tandems last I counted. My preferred mode of singling is fixed unless
I have to tow my weighty two year old.

John (three cross rules) Collier

How about a BLUG? 

> From: "Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com>
> 
> 
> 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
>