Originally Posted by
unworthy1
The term "holiday" to refer to a void/error/defect etc. is not exclusive to bicycle frame building, I've heard it used with regard to finishing or other aspects of furniture making, but always thought of it as "old-fashioned" or primarily British-English.
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Those other terms: "flat and hole..." is Campagnolo-specific and "binder ears" also a bicycle term so consider your education now underway...soon you'll be baffling the newbies with the rest of us!
Thank you and Andy and Juvela for the education. I agree that you folks are exemplars of why this forum is so great.
As to the definition of holiday, I think I had such a holiday with the in-laws many years ago. My CRS blurs the facts though.
And as to "baffling the newbies" I donno about that. The LBS where my part time job is still considers me "our vintage expert". These data bytes will help me maintain the delusion. It will sure not be my knowledge of threadless headsets - struggled mightily with one of those today.