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03-20-11 | 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Bianchigirll

the purpose of the lugs as I understand it are for identifacation. back in the '20s and '30 no advertising was allowed in cycling sso the curly stays were developed so you could know it was a Hetchins.

I get tired of writing this, especially since it doesn't seem to take, but the curly stays predate the advertising rule. In fact, they predate Hetchins altogether.

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