If a dumb question im sorry....
07-08-09 | 07:58 PM
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feros ferio
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
Tange: a well-respected Japanese tubing manufacturer
double-butted: the downtube and top tube are thicker at both ends than in the middle; the seat tube is thicker at the bottom end than elsewhere
chrome moly: a popular steel alloy with chromium, molybdenum, and other minerals
vertical dropouts: the rear wheel slides downward and out of the frame, instead of forward; the wheelbase is therefore not adjustable, but the chance of the rear wheel skewing in the frame is eliminated
double eyelets: mounting points for mudguards and rear rack
double-butted: the downtube and top tube are thicker at both ends than in the middle; the seat tube is thicker at the bottom end than elsewhere
chrome moly: a popular steel alloy with chromium, molybdenum, and other minerals
vertical dropouts: the rear wheel slides downward and out of the frame, instead of forward; the wheelbase is therefore not adjustable, but the chance of the rear wheel skewing in the frame is eliminated
double eyelets: mounting points for mudguards and rear rack
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
07-08-09 | 08:03 PM
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Bianchi Goddess
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Hello Voyageur. that is the Brand and type of tubing used to build your bike (or the one you are looking at. and the type of dropouts. Tange ( you pronounce it with a long A, soft G and silent E) is the name of the tubing manufacture. "double-butted" means that the wall of the tubing is thinker within a few inches of the ends than it is in the middle. this allows them to make the tube and thus the frame both strong and light. 'Chrome Moly' is the materiel the tubing is made of. and alloy of Chromium steel, except for the cheapest older "HiTen or "carbon steel" bikes almost all steel bikes are made with a type of ChromeMoly materiel. the "forged droupouts" means the dropouts were made out of a solid peice of metal that was forged in some mannerbasically a huge press with two molds and they 'hammer' the raw metal stock into shape rather then being cut. " double eyelets" simply means there is two threaded anchor points on each dropout for attaching a rack and or fenders.
does this help?
does this help?
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“One morning you wake up, the girl is gone, the bikes are gone, all that's left behind is a pair of old tires and a tube of tubular glue, all squeezed out"
Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk
07-08-09 | 09:03 PM
#6
Taynj? I don't think so. The architect Kenzo Tange was definitely "TAHN-gay" and that's how I've always pronounced it, with no raised eyebrows that I've noticed.
07-09-09 | 12:19 AM
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From: nuevo mexico
I've heard debate over whether it's TAHN-gey or tahn-gey (seems to be a regional thing from what I've been told) but either one seems to work.
