Originally Posted by merziac

Well yes but the two often did not go together, power tools can be a slippery slope.

Originally Posted by merziac

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Agreed


It would have been largely self regulating now wouldn't it.


Mr. drillium wads it up on the drill or the first ride where he finds out he went too far, scraps the part and replaces it with a new one, many examples would never make it to the group ride, race or anywhere else.

I resemble that remark. My particular fail in that regard was cutting just a mite too close to the edges on the front half of the FD clamp, and doing similarly to RH shift lever (which took too much abuse). Luckily there were always some spares in the bin. I did however have to do a race once in Saratoga riding my bike as a 5-speed, having broken the FD clamp re-tightening it before the start.

Once it caught on there were plenty of skilled lads making beautiful parts but I would bet plenty of them spent quite a bit on the education.