Joined: Jan 2009
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
unterhausen, I worked in a very ordinary bike shop in Cambridge, MA in 1980 and 1981. When were you a mechanic? We stocked spare parts for the AW hub. Maybe it's just a matter of knowing where to get them. Did you tell the shop owner that more parts would allow you to do a better job?