Quizz - July 25

[Davey Crockett]

Brake levers have changed shape over the years and there have indeed
been some eyesores lately like a certain Japanese brand which is
popular with those who can't afford the best Italian gear or used
under suffrance by teams whose sponsorship arrangements compel them to
use it.

(Campag wears in - Shimano wears out, right?)

But what characteristic in particular made the Bartali lever stand out
in a crowd?

--
Davey Crockett
-
Even if the New World Order puppets in Westminster are thinking of
changing the National Anthem because it might offend some RagHead or
Muslim, there are thousands of Welshmen who will never change theirs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wRRY8eDMSY&feature=related

Vote the Tories and Labour out.
Join a Nationalist Party with your Blood Brothers

If you don't like our Anthem; go back where you came from.

And the Irish will be no push-over for the New World Order either

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[zzfranklin@mac.com]

On Jul 25, 1:38 am, Davey Crockett <r...@azurservers.com> wrote:

> But what characteristic in particular made the Bartali lever stand out
> in a crowd?

http://forums.roadbikereview.com/showthread.php?t=139790

[Bob Schwartz]

Davey Crockett wrote:
> Brake levers have changed shape over the years and there have indeed
> been some eyesores lately like a certain Japanese brand which is
> popular with those who can't afford the best Italian gear or used
> under suffrance by teams whose sponsorship arrangements compel them to
> use it.
>
> (Campag wears in - Shimano wears out, right?)
>
> But what characteristic in particular made the Bartali lever stand out
> in a crowd?

Tape on the lever?

Bob Schwartz

[Davey Crockett]

Bob Schwartz a écrit profondement:

| Davey Crockett wrote:
| > Brake levers have changed shape over the years and there have indeed
| > been some eyesores lately like a certain Japanese brand which is
| > popular with those who can't afford the best Italian gear or used
| > under suffrance by teams whose sponsorship arrangements compel them to
| > use it.
| >
| > (Campag wears in - Shimano wears out, right?)
| >
| > But what characteristic in particular made the Bartali lever stand out
| > in a crowd?
|
| Tape on the lever?

Nope

--
Davey Crockett
-
Even if the New World Order puppets in Westminster are thinking of
changing the National Anthem because it might offend some RagHead or
Muslim, there are thousands of Welshmen who will never change theirs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wRRY8eDMSY&feature=related

Vote the Tories and Labour out.
Join a Nationalist Party with your Blood Brothers

If you don't like our Anthem; go back where you came from.

And the Irish will be no push-over for the New World Order either

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd5DcMYaRsg&feature=related

[Ryan Cousineau]

In article <87d4l2yrv4.fsf@azurservers.com>,
Davey Crockett <rec@azurservers.com> wrote:

> Bob Schwartz a écrit profondement:
>
> | Davey Crockett wrote:
> | > Brake levers have changed shape over the years and there have indeed
> | > been some eyesores lately like a certain Japanese brand which is
> | > popular with those who can't afford the best Italian gear or used
> | > under suffrance by teams whose sponsorship arrangements compel them to
> | > use it.
> | >
> | > (Campag wears in - Shimano wears out, right?)

Wait, I thought this was a Nashbar by Microshift reference!

> | > But what characteristic in particular made the Bartali lever stand out
> | > in a crowd?
> |
> | Tape on the lever?
>
> Nope

Going by the photos I can find online, I'm going to take a wild guess
and say the grip was sculpted with "knuckles" to fit between his fingers
(like the texture on the back of a car steering wheel in the good old
days)

This is the largest version I can find online of the classic Bartali e
Coppi photo:

http://www.ilpianetalibro.it/upload/immagini/chinnici1.jpg

It's so big that the full res shows the halftoning artifacts of the
scanned book cover. There you can compare the levers of Gino and Fausto.

--
Ryan Cousineau rcousine@gmail.com http://www.wiredcola.com/
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