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Old 12-09-09 | 12:13 PM
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Old 12-09-09 | 12:17 PM
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Old 12-09-09 | 01:04 PM
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1935, 1953, 1954, 1966, 1970 - Heck, any year of manufacture more than 20 years ago!

Straight QR skewer levers

Chromed double butted spokes

Tied & soldered

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Old 12-09-09 | 04:57 PM
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Old 12-09-09 | 05:31 PM
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Cotter Press

And I very seriously doubt that anyone with a carbon frame has ever been advised to try a hammer instead of a cotter press
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Old 12-09-09 | 06:52 PM
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Old 12-09-09 | 07:07 PM
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Old 12-09-09 | 07:40 PM
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Cottered cranks? Claw for the derailleur? Steel rims? A great bike to ride around the neighborhood, but it wasn't worth $<insert amount here...>
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Old 12-09-09 | 08:41 PM
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proofhide...

and my personal favorite -> drop bolts
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Normandy


an older "Normandy" (notice the quotation marks)

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Old 12-09-09 | 08:59 PM
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Old 12-09-09 | 09:00 PM
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Helicomatic...
This is the only forum that probably uses this term.
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Old 12-09-09 | 10:02 PM
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Another C&V norm:

Don't forget April 1 will be very different, in a scratch your head fun way (unless the new forum software cannot handle our shenanigans)!

A C&V norm P.S.: Note that Kurt joined a month earlier in 2005, but has 10,000+ more posts. Oh how words are wasted on youth!
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