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  1. I was hoping to pick up my Stinger with its new frameset
    this weekend, but was thwarted by a most irritating
    detail change; the new frame has a larger headset, hence
    new steerer and front forks, which means that the rear
    brake pipe needs to be 3" longer than the old one.
    Messrs. Hope have been commissioned to make a new one,
    which should be ready early next week, so after about two
    months consigned to wedgiedom I'll be back on my 'bent
    from next weekend, I hope.

    Always assuming nothing else goes wrong...

    Guy
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    May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
    chapmancentral.co.ukchapmancentral.co.uk

    88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

  2. Just zis Guy said:

    I was hoping to pick up my Stinger with its new frameset
    this weekend, but was thwarted by a most irritating
    detail change; the new frame has a larger headset, hence
    new steerer and front forks, which means that the rear
    brake pipe needs to be 3" longer than the old one.
    Messrs. Hope have been commissioned to make a new one,
    which should be ready early next week, so after about two
    months consigned to wedgiedom I'll be back on my 'bent
    from next weekend, I hope.

    Side by side comparison cycling the same route with the same
    regulars, do you notice any difference in drivers' behaviour
    between the bent and the wedgie?

    Just curious

    Tony

  3. Just zis Guy said:

    I was hoping to pick up my Stinger with its new frameset
    this weekend, but was thwarted by a most irritating detail
    change; the new frame has a larger headset, hence new
    steerer and front forks

    Is there not an adapter to fit a smaller headset?

    ~PB

  4. On Mon, 3 May 2004 20:26:34 +0100, "Tony Raven"
    <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    <[email hidden]>:

    Quoted message said:

    Side by side comparison cycling the same route with the
    same regulars, do you notice any difference in drivers'
    behaviour between the bent and the wedgie?

    Yes. I am given more space on the 'bent, definitely. It does
    wear off over time with some drivers, but not all.

    Guy
    --
    May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
    chapmancentral.co.ukchapmancentral.co.uk

    88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

  5. On Mon, 3 May 2004 20:38:12 +0100, "Pete Biggs"
    <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    <[email hidden]>:

    Quoted message said:

    Is there not an adapter to fit a smaller headset?

    Who knows? Optima are supplying a complete kit, so I'm happy
    :-)

    Guy
    --
    May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
    chapmancentral.co.ukchapmancentral.co.uk

    88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

  6. Just zis Guy said:

    On Mon, 3 May 2004 20:26:34 +0100, "Tony Raven" <junk@raven-
    family.com> wrote in message <[email hidden]-
    berlin.de>:

    Quoted message said:

    Side by side comparison cycling the same route with the
    same regulars, do you notice any difference in drivers'
    behaviour between the bent and the wedgie?

    Yes. I am given more space on the 'bent, definitely. It
    does wear off over time with some drivers, but not all.

    Guy
    --
    May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle
    after posting. chapmancentral.co.ukchapmancentral.co.uk

    88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at
    Washington University

    I'd second that. Only got cut up a few times over the winter
    months on the 'bent, but as soon as I was back on a 2 wheel
    wedgie, once every few days or more

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