On 1/14/2019 6:16 PM, John B. Slocomb wrote:
On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:53:35 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

On 1/14/2019 1:43 AM, Ralph Barone wrote:
Tosspot wrote:
On 1/13/19 11:21 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

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But I know I'm an oddball retrogrouch.

Lol. You could use that as a posting name :-)

But boy, when they start selling carbon fiber inner wires for shifters,
I'm jumping on those. And carbon fiber safety pins for keeping my pants
cuffs out of the chain. Think of the weight savings!Â*Â* ;-)

See, there you go, I use velcro straps now because they are more
comfortable, and don't distort wrt to the traditional mild steel ones,
nobody foisted that on me, I can buy the old ones if I want, the velcro
ones are better.

Do you have a link for the CF ones...?

If I could find carbon fibre safety pins to keep your trouser cuffs out of
your chain, I'd buy them and send them to Frank, just to read the ensuing
rant. :-)

Oh no, I'd love them! I can't wait!

When I was asked what I wanted for Christmas, I jokingly suggested some
safety pins made of hollow titanium wire, for the weight savings.

But then it occurred to me, I really would like some brass ones. The
steel ones rust after a while. So I mentioned those.

I didn't get any. :-(

Try "plus four" pants. No need of a safety pins or clips.

If jeans with holes ripped in them are a fashion statement then
knickers, as they were known in my youth, must be nearly a "full
dress" uniform :-)

For years I've been telling my wife "Mark my words, knickers (or in
Britain, plus fours) will come back!"

I see that Jan Heine's company now sells them for cycling, and one
friend of ours wears them for some of her rides.

I've got a pair of stout corduroy ones from my cross country skiing days
long ago. Unfortunately, their waistband seems to have shrunk by about
two inches. :-(


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- Frank Krygowski