Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail
From: Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: wingnuts
Date: 17 Mar 2025 12:07:03 GMT
Lines: 12
Message-ID: <m3qhj6Fisc9U1@mid.individual.net>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-Trace: individual.net hO3nL96Sdlox5netGObHmwUgqCrxozosnhF+FhNBdtrpNZaeAx
Cancel-Lock: sha1:3Y5qecuXIRGOXBisuT8CUZc98zc= sha1:lJEap5UZkfYvfef+bxXW3VZotqI= sha256:HbzP13gYwbF8pmUZ9bc79DYsCMyZ4q0teWWPfMnMm8M=
User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPad)
Bytes: 1052

While shopping, noticed someone’s “pub” bike was a rather old road bike
with wing nuts and quite ornate as well, and a 5 speed block.

Guessing more to the 1950’s era than 1970’s? Looked dirty and well used but
probably was an expensive bike when new?

Seems that the pace of change was slower then? Mind you I bought a 9 speed
bike last year which first came to market last century?

Roger Merriman