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Old 11-21-07, 03:43 AM
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Originally Posted by halfspeed
I blame the failure of the metric system in the US on the attempt to use the inferior celsius scale.
Yeah, heaven forbid that the temperature scale makes any sense

700c or 650c ect aren't metric sizes actualy. 700c is ISO (or metric I suppose) 622 mm BSD (bead seat diameter)

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