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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: Extensive article on Rivendell and Grant Petersen
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 14:28:58 -0400
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On 9/24/2024 2:07 PM, AMuzi wrote:
> 
> Just read the New Yorker piece on Grant Peterson which a friend mailed 
> to me.  Your comment reminded me of Mr Peterson, ascribing Deeper 
> Meaning to mere bicycle parts,
> 
>  From my 1965 Weinmann sidepulls, through Mafac Racers, then Mafac 
> Competitions, on to Universal Super 68 which I tossed aside for the 
> latest deep blue anodized Modolo Pros, which I then sold to acquire the 
> modern aero DiaCompe AGCs before I returned to classic aesthetics with 
> NOS early 1970s Campagnolo Record, they all worked just fine. I have 
> never suffered a lack of braking power. Leg power, yes, just not braking 
> power.
> 
> And now in my dotage I'm back to a Swiss Weinmann front sidepull caliper 
> on my fixie. La plus ca change and all that. There is no deeper meaning.

+1, especially regarding "they all worked just fine."


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- Frank Krygowski