Goodbye

John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:
On Tue, 01 May 2007 19:18:56 -0700, Bill wrote:

Accept this then. In the 50's I, as a youth, was unaware of the problem.
I accept that.

Now, in the 00's, as in informed person, you should be aware there was
a big problem back then. That's all I'm saying.

Truce.
Bill Baka

In article ,
Zoot Katz wrote:

On Wed, 2 May 2007 00:56:16 -0700,
(Tom Keats) concluded:

Yer mixte XtraCyle is lookin' Hot-2-Trot!

She's a sweet machine, eh. Took her out this morning to collect a
vacuum cleaner from the repair shop and then stopped to pick up a big
bag of lentils and can of mixed pickles from the Indian grocery.
It's not too whippy with the loads I normally carry but the bolt
upright riding position practically demands a more sedate pace.

Tonight I rode the Miyata to a meeting. I was in a hurry to make it
on time and then arrived 7 minutes early.

Neither bike has yet earned a moniker.

Never mind the XtraCycle, tell us more about the Miyata!

--
Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

On Wed, 02 May 2007 17:23:43 GMT, Ryan Cousineau
wrote:


Never mind the XtraCycle, tell us more about the Miyata!

It was given to me in December by a friend who I'd helped move.

It's a 1986 Miyata One Thousand. Triple butted Cro-Mo frame with good
old-fashioned touring geometry. The paint isn't even too bad.

It doesn't have the original 40 spoke rear wheel and came without a
saddle or pedals. The chain, 6 spd freewheel and middle chain ring
had to be replaced before it would pedal under load without skipping.
I set it up with a shorter extension stem, moustache bars and
bar-cons. Replaced the freewheel with a seven speed, added new
fenders, 28mm tires, Eggbeaters and a Brooks Pro.

It's my new joe-bike. After riding mostly 26" wheeled bikes these
past six years it's a joy to have a fast commuter.
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zk

In rec.bicycles.misc John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:
On Wed, 02 May 2007 02:43:47 GMT, Bill wrote:
still me wrote:

POint of order "Jewish" isn't a language :-)

What, then? Yiddish?
I don't know all of em.

Just call it "foreigner" and you'll be fine. "My dad had to try to
speak foreigner to be understood by them. Learn ENGLISH!"

It works best if you speak. really. slowly. AND. REALLY. LOUDLY.

--
Dane Buson -
Human cardiac catheterization was introduced by Werner Forssman in 1929.
Ignoring his department chief, and tying his assistant to an operating
table to prevent her interference, he placed a ureteral catheter into
a vein in his arm, advanced it to the right atrium [of his heart], and
walked upstairs to the x-ray department where he took the confirmatory
x-ray film. In 1956, Dr. Forssman was awarded the Nobel Prize.

"still me" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 02 May 2007 02:43:47 GMT, Bill wrote:

What, then? Yiddish?
I don't know all of em.

Yiddish or Hebrew (which are entirely different languages, if Yiddish
is a language).


Or Ladino.

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On Wed, 2 May 2007 13:52:20 +0200, "Sandy" wrote:

Dans le message de ,
John Forrest Tomlinson a réfléchi, et puis a
déclaré :

That's all I'm saying.

Promise???

LOL
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Zoot Katz wrote:

On Wed, 02 May 2007 17:23:43 GMT, Ryan Cousineau
wrote:


Never mind the XtraCycle, tell us more about the Miyata!

It was given to me in December by a friend who I'd helped move.

It's a 1986 Miyata One Thousand. Triple butted Cro-Mo frame with good
old-fashioned touring geometry. The paint isn't even too bad.

It doesn't have the original 40 spoke rear wheel and came without a
saddle or pedals. The chain, 6 spd freewheel and middle chain ring
had to be replaced before it would pedal under load without skipping.
I set it up with a shorter extension stem, moustache bars and
bar-cons. Replaced the freewheel with a seven speed, added new
fenders, 28mm tires, Eggbeaters and a Brooks Pro.

It's my new joe-bike. After riding mostly 26" wheeled bikes these
past six years it's a joy to have a fast commuter.

Fast indeed. The 1000, if I remember correctly, was the top of the
Miyata line. What was your thinking on Eggbeaters versus SPDs? I ask
partly because I'm in the process of moving from mostly SPDs to mostly
Crank Brothers pedals for one reason: muck clearance during cyclocross
races (Eggbeaters are good at it, SPDs aren't).

But that's the only reason I changed.

--
Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

On Thu, 03 May 2007 03:56:01 GMT, Ryan Cousineau
wrote, in part:
\
I set it up with a shorter extension stem, moustache bars and
bar-cons. Replaced the freewheel with a seven speed, added new
fenders, 28mm tires, Eggbeaters and a Brooks Pro.

It's my new joe-bike. After riding mostly 26" wheeled bikes these
past six years it's a joy to have a fast commuter.

Fast indeed. The 1000, if I remember correctly, was the top of the
Miyata line.

The only difference I noted looking at a model 600 of the same era is
the 1000 has better equipment and butted Cro-Mo fork blades. I think
they were infamous for coming stock with radial tires.

What was your thinking on Eggbeaters versus SPDs? I ask
partly because I'm in the process of moving from mostly SPDs to mostly
Crank Brothers pedals for one reason: muck clearance during cyclocross
races (Eggbeaters are good at it, SPDs aren't).

But that's the only reason I changed.

The sole reason I even considered clipless pedals of any sort is that
I fell in love with a picture of the Eggbeaters at Muzi's Yellow
Jersey site. After handling a pair at MEC, I had to have them.

I bought three pairs of the original SS and Cro-Mo ones. Crank Bros.
later offered them in more exotic materials. They've also added a
couple lower end models of the Eggbeater.Their newer designs appear
ugly to me. I mean, they've rendered two or three sides of a
perfectly good pedal totally useless by adding platforms.

Eggbeaters were, and still are, the only clipless pedal design that
ever looked like it was done right. The ruggedly simple design
wouldn't be out of place on an ordinary. They're plainly elegant.

My choosing Eggbeaters was purely an aesthetic decision.
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zk

In article ,
Zoot Katz wrote:

On Thu, 03 May 2007 03:56:01 GMT, Ryan Cousineau
wrote, in part:
\
I set it up with a shorter extension stem, moustache bars and
bar-cons. Replaced the freewheel with a seven speed, added new
fenders, 28mm tires, Eggbeaters and a Brooks Pro.

It's my new joe-bike. After riding mostly 26" wheeled bikes these
past six years it's a joy to have a fast commuter.

Fast indeed. The 1000, if I remember correctly, was the top of the
Miyata line.

The only difference I noted looking at a model 600 of the same era is
the 1000 has better equipment and butted Cro-Mo fork blades. I think
they were infamous for coming stock with radial tires.

What was your thinking on Eggbeaters versus SPDs? I ask
partly because I'm in the process of moving from mostly SPDs to mostly
Crank Brothers pedals for one reason: muck clearance during cyclocross
races (Eggbeaters are good at it, SPDs aren't).

But that's the only reason I changed.

The sole reason I even considered clipless pedals of any sort is that
I fell in love with a picture of the Eggbeaters at Muzi's Yellow
Jersey site. After handling a pair at MEC, I had to have them.

I bought three pairs of the original SS and Cro-Mo ones. Crank Bros.
later offered them in more exotic materials. They've also added a
couple lower end models of the Eggbeater.Their newer designs appear
ugly to me. I mean, they've rendered two or three sides of a
perfectly good pedal totally useless by adding platforms.

Eggbeaters were, and still are, the only clipless pedal design that
ever looked like it was done right. The ruggedly simple design
wouldn't be out of place on an ordinary. They're plainly elegant.

My choosing Eggbeaters was purely an aesthetic decision.

heh. I utterly sympathize on the matter of aesthetics, and own a set of
the Egg Beaters.

But I also have a set of Candys (and now some Smartys, which are the
cheapo Candy version). The reason for me buying the platform versions
was for cyclocross: when I remount, a miss on an Egg Beater is a bit
dicey, while with the Candy you still get a decent platform to put your
foot on.

This is, of course, a somewhat esoteric concern.

--
Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

In another thread Mark Hickey wrote:
You've gotta go beyond CNN for your news, JT.

Well, certainly CNN has flaws, but Mark's implication that CNN has
liberal bias on politics is really being destroyed right now -- look
at the contrast of coverage of discussions with Syrian leaders by
Condelezza Rice, Nancy Pelosi, and Rebuplican congresspeople.
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