Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/27

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Er, shame on my off-topic post
From: kwilcox@mail.davison.k12.mi.us (Ken Wilcox)
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 14:14:36 -0400

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


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