Thread: Barcons slower?
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Old 03-05-07 | 10:04 PM
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Bikes: '72 Bob Jackson; '82 Austro-Daimler Starleicht; '85 Scapin; '80 Peugeot PKN-10; '81 Trek 610; '87 Hunter Corsa; '72 Italvega and '75 Motobecane Grand Jubillee frames built into freewheel singlespeeds.

The reason that barcons never took off? Typical cable routing made the front of the bike look like a huge catfish; the shifter cables sprouting out of the bar tape under the brake levers always reminded me of an I.V. line too ...
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