Re: Advice on winter riding

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From: David Keppel
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 01:24

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>mhartzel@paris.cba.du.edu (Mark_Hartzell) writes:
>>[Brakes freeze up?]

flip@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Phillip D. Russell) writes:
>[Never mine.]

I've had it happen, pretty often.  Usual things: the rims get covered
with melted whatever, which then cools to a layer of ice.  No brakes.
The other thing is to have the mechanism jam with snow/ice.  I've had
that happen a few times, but mostly to the rear derailleur, rarely to
the brakes.

		;-D oN  ( Ride ... ice? )  Pardo

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From: pardo@cs.washington.edu (David Keppel)
Subject: Re: Advice on winter riding
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