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So the crappy brakes are SOP. Okay. I'd thought maybe it was due to
lack of maintenance. It was a great bike when my father bought it (ca
1970). Bikes really do last forever.

Yup, it's because of the *super* long reach brakes. It's possibly to
make it better, but it would be a rather involved project. Still the
Raleigh is a nice little bike, Sheldon Brown has a page devoted to them
(if you're interested).

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/raleigh-twenty.html

I'm working on making mine into a nice little travel bike. Mine fits in
a standard suitcase so I can fly without worrying about getting dinged
with a fee.

Winnipeg is used as the template for most billiard tables.

I ran the local marathon a few years ago: the difference between the
highest point on the course and the lowest point was 28 feet (yeah,
twenty-eight). And most of that was from the use of an underpass and a
bridge.

Sounds nice, I'm currently living in Seattle, so riding a bike is a very
up-and-down affair. I'd guess there's something like 800' feet of
cumulative climb just going to work, and slightly less coming back.

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Dane Buson -
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