Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bringing bikes back to photography - Having grown up in Iowa - there is an annual event called RAGBRAI - a bicycle ride across Iowa that has been going on now for 20+ years. It is sponsored by the Des Moines Register and draws thousands. Check out RAGBRAI - the Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa - on the internet. Tim K. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Collier" <jbcollier@home.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 5:19 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Er, shame on my off-topic post: me too 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 >