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Old 06-10-10, 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Sixty Fiver
Some of us wish we knew as much as GB... perhaps you should just listen for a little while.
Some of us wish we knew as much about typos as Grand Bois, but others just like to let silly things like that go, cause they have jack to do with the discussion at hand and have everything to do with discrediting someone based on irrelevent material.
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Originally Posted by viper_04649
Would mafac racers fit around a 40mm fender?
Yes. These fenders are 48 mm wide. Racers fit the same as the Competitions.

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Originally Posted by XO1
Some of us wish we knew as much about typos as Grand Bois, but others just like to let silly things like that go, cause they have jack to do with the discussion at hand and have everything to do with discrediting someone based on irrelevent material.
I was a meager attempt at humor. Sorry.

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Weren't there some short reach Mafac Competitions? I'm pretty sure I had them on my 1979 PXN-10LE.
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This is my favorite reference for Mafac dimensions:

https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g...geViewsIndex=1
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