Taya Chain
On 2017-09-02 07:56, wrote:
On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 7:49:34 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-30 18:00, John B. wrote: On Wed, 30 Aug 2017 10:41:49 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 3:31:55 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-29 14:38, wrote: On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 11:45:45 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-29 09:42, sms wrote: On 8/28/2017 3:59 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 8/28/2017 4:28 PM, wrote: On Monday, August 28, 2017 at 1:59:20 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-28 13:43, sms wrote: I replaced the chain that I broke on Saturday with one I had in my garage that I must have purchased five to ten years ago. It has a connecting link and it says "Taya" on it. It's for 6,7,8 gearing. It seems okay, but I think that this is the first time I've used a chain with a connecting link since childhood. I looked up Taya and it's a big Taiwanese chain manufacturer. I still have a Sachs-Sedis 7-speed chain on my road bike which I bought from a friend as NOS, for $6 which was the old sticker price (the sticker had already turned brownish). No link, mounted with hammer and anvil as usual. To my utter amazement it doesn't show any measurable stretch after over 2000mi and sometimes I really put the coals on because of our hills. Even the old Wippermann chains could not rival that. I am very religious about chain cleaning and lube though. The old 5-6-7 speed Sachs chains wore out three days after the bike was junked. The Sedis (later Sachs-Sedis) material and Delta hardening process was not only exceptional but unsurpassed down to today except for possibly Record chains. That ended with SRAM. You can still find some NOS (new old stock) of the Sedisport 6/7 chains. About $25. I saw a lot of them on EBay at that price range stating "pre-owned" in the ad, meaning used and who knows for how many miles or whether properly maintained. The topper I ever saw was "pre-owned" underwear. Yikes. What if they were pre-owned by Elizabeth Taylor? It was men's underwear ... What makes you think that Elizabeth Taylor didn't wear men's underwear? She got pretty large near the end. In a less humorousness vein, did you know that "back in the day" runners used to wear women's panties? I remember a cowboy on horseback telling us something similar and it was a real manly John Wayne style guy. "Now I'll let you in on a secret on how to avoid rashes from very long rides, but don't ya tell your mama or anyone for that matter, ya hear?" Speaking of manly - virtually every single star in Hollywood after the mid-40's had been in the service and many of them (often the guys that played bad guys) had silver stars and purple hearts. Even Soupy Sales and Ernest Borgnine. The one exception was, surprisingly, John Wayne, who volunteered three times but they wouldn't let him in because of a bad back or something. Today we have these guys playing heros that don't even know what a hero is. John Wayne could certainly play them right. On Sunday we saw "Flying Tigers" for the umpteenth time. What was one of his sayings? "Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyhow". -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
Taya Chain
On Mon, 04 Sep 2017 12:27:30 -0700, Joerg
wrote: On 2017-09-02 07:56, wrote: On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 7:49:34 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-30 18:00, John B. wrote: On Wed, 30 Aug 2017 10:41:49 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 3:31:55 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-29 14:38, wrote: On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 11:45:45 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-29 09:42, sms wrote: On 8/28/2017 3:59 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 8/28/2017 4:28 PM, wrote: On Monday, August 28, 2017 at 1:59:20 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-28 13:43, sms wrote: I replaced the chain that I broke on Saturday with one I had in my garage that I must have purchased five to ten years ago. It has a connecting link and it says "Taya" on it. It's for 6,7,8 gearing. It seems okay, but I think that this is the first time I've used a chain with a connecting link since childhood. I looked up Taya and it's a big Taiwanese chain manufacturer. I still have a Sachs-Sedis 7-speed chain on my road bike which I bought from a friend as NOS, for $6 which was the old sticker price (the sticker had already turned brownish). No link, mounted with hammer and anvil as usual. To my utter amazement it doesn't show any measurable stretch after over 2000mi and sometimes I really put the coals on because of our hills. Even the old Wippermann chains could not rival that. I am very religious about chain cleaning and lube though. The old 5-6-7 speed Sachs chains wore out three days after the bike was junked. The Sedis (later Sachs-Sedis) material and Delta hardening process was not only exceptional but unsurpassed down to today except for possibly Record chains. That ended with SRAM. You can still find some NOS (new old stock) of the Sedisport 6/7 chains. About $25. I saw a lot of them on EBay at that price range stating "pre-owned" in the ad, meaning used and who knows for how many miles or whether properly maintained. The topper I ever saw was "pre-owned" underwear. Yikes. What if they were pre-owned by Elizabeth Taylor? It was men's underwear ... What makes you think that Elizabeth Taylor didn't wear men's underwear? She got pretty large near the end. In a less humorousness vein, did you know that "back in the day" runners used to wear women's panties? I remember a cowboy on horseback telling us something similar and it was a real manly John Wayne style guy. "Now I'll let you in on a secret on how to avoid rashes from very long rides, but don't ya tell your mama or anyone for that matter, ya hear?" Speaking of manly - virtually every single star in Hollywood after the mid-40's had been in the service and many of them (often the guys that played bad guys) had silver stars and purple hearts. Even Soupy Sales and Ernest Borgnine. The one exception was, surprisingly, John Wayne, who volunteered three times but they wouldn't let him in because of a bad back or something. Today we have these guys playing heros that don't even know what a hero is. John Wayne could certainly play them right. On Sunday we saw "Flying Tigers" for the umpteenth time. What was one of his sayings? "Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyhow". And Audie Murphy, who was I believe, the most decorated U.S. service man in WW II was a poor actor. -- Cheers, John B. |
Taya Chain
On Monday, September 4, 2017 at 7:06:20 PM UTC-7, John B. wrote:
On Mon, 04 Sep 2017 12:27:30 -0700, Joerg wrote: On 2017-09-02 07:56, wrote: On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 7:49:34 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-30 18:00, John B. wrote: On Wed, 30 Aug 2017 10:41:49 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 3:31:55 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-29 14:38, wrote: On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 11:45:45 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-29 09:42, sms wrote: On 8/28/2017 3:59 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 8/28/2017 4:28 PM, wrote: On Monday, August 28, 2017 at 1:59:20 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-28 13:43, sms wrote: I replaced the chain that I broke on Saturday with one I had in my garage that I must have purchased five to ten years ago. It has a connecting link and it says "Taya" on it. It's for 6,7,8 gearing. It seems okay, but I think that this is the first time I've used a chain with a connecting link since childhood. I looked up Taya and it's a big Taiwanese chain manufacturer. I still have a Sachs-Sedis 7-speed chain on my road bike which I bought from a friend as NOS, for $6 which was the old sticker price (the sticker had already turned brownish). No link, mounted with hammer and anvil as usual. To my utter amazement it doesn't show any measurable stretch after over 2000mi and sometimes I really put the coals on because of our hills. Even the old Wippermann chains could not rival that. I am very religious about chain cleaning and lube though. The old 5-6-7 speed Sachs chains wore out three days after the bike was junked. The Sedis (later Sachs-Sedis) material and Delta hardening process was not only exceptional but unsurpassed down to today except for possibly Record chains. That ended with SRAM. You can still find some NOS (new old stock) of the Sedisport 6/7 chains. About $25. I saw a lot of them on EBay at that price range stating "pre-owned" in the ad, meaning used and who knows for how many miles or whether properly maintained. The topper I ever saw was "pre-owned" underwear. Yikes. What if they were pre-owned by Elizabeth Taylor? It was men's underwear ... What makes you think that Elizabeth Taylor didn't wear men's underwear? She got pretty large near the end. In a less humorousness vein, did you know that "back in the day" runners used to wear women's panties? I remember a cowboy on horseback telling us something similar and it was a real manly John Wayne style guy. "Now I'll let you in on a secret on how to avoid rashes from very long rides, but don't ya tell your mama or anyone for that matter, ya hear?" Speaking of manly - virtually every single star in Hollywood after the mid-40's had been in the service and many of them (often the guys that played bad guys) had silver stars and purple hearts. Even Soupy Sales and Ernest Borgnine. The one exception was, surprisingly, John Wayne, who volunteered three times but they wouldn't let him in because of a bad back or something. Today we have these guys playing heros that don't even know what a hero is. John Wayne could certainly play them right. On Sunday we saw "Flying Tigers" for the umpteenth time. What was one of his sayings? "Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyhow". And Audie Murphy, who was I believe, the most decorated U.S. service man in WW II was a poor actor. Whereas your favorite actors like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Leonardo DiCaprio are simply great actors. |
Taya Chain
On Monday, September 4, 2017 at 12:27:34 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote:
On 2017-09-02 07:56, wrote: On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 7:49:34 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-30 18:00, John B. wrote: On Wed, 30 Aug 2017 10:41:49 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 3:31:55 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-29 14:38, wrote: On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 11:45:45 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-29 09:42, sms wrote: On 8/28/2017 3:59 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 8/28/2017 4:28 PM, wrote: On Monday, August 28, 2017 at 1:59:20 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-28 13:43, sms wrote: I replaced the chain that I broke on Saturday with one I had in my garage that I must have purchased five to ten years ago. It has a connecting link and it says "Taya" on it. It's for 6,7,8 gearing. It seems okay, but I think that this is the first time I've used a chain with a connecting link since childhood. I looked up Taya and it's a big Taiwanese chain manufacturer. I still have a Sachs-Sedis 7-speed chain on my road bike which I bought from a friend as NOS, for $6 which was the old sticker price (the sticker had already turned brownish). No link, mounted with hammer and anvil as usual. To my utter amazement it doesn't show any measurable stretch after over 2000mi and sometimes I really put the coals on because of our hills. Even the old Wippermann chains could not rival that. I am very religious about chain cleaning and lube though. The old 5-6-7 speed Sachs chains wore out three days after the bike was junked. The Sedis (later Sachs-Sedis) material and Delta hardening process was not only exceptional but unsurpassed down to today except for possibly Record chains. That ended with SRAM. You can still find some NOS (new old stock) of the Sedisport 6/7 chains. About $25. I saw a lot of them on EBay at that price range stating "pre-owned" in the ad, meaning used and who knows for how many miles or whether properly maintained. The topper I ever saw was "pre-owned" underwear. Yikes. What if they were pre-owned by Elizabeth Taylor? It was men's underwear ... What makes you think that Elizabeth Taylor didn't wear men's underwear? She got pretty large near the end. In a less humorousness vein, did you know that "back in the day" runners used to wear women's panties? I remember a cowboy on horseback telling us something similar and it was a real manly John Wayne style guy. "Now I'll let you in on a secret on how to avoid rashes from very long rides, but don't ya tell your mama or anyone for that matter, ya hear?" Speaking of manly - virtually every single star in Hollywood after the mid-40's had been in the service and many of them (often the guys that played bad guys) had silver stars and purple hearts. Even Soupy Sales and Ernest Borgnine. The one exception was, surprisingly, John Wayne, who volunteered three times but they wouldn't let him in because of a bad back or something. Today we have these guys playing heros that don't even know what a hero is. John Wayne could certainly play them right. On Sunday we saw "Flying Tigers" for the umpteenth time. What was one of his sayings? "Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyhow". Meh. What's he doing on this Hodaka then? https://www.google.com/search?q=john... NJY3Oxzv6pM: Let's see him ride a Maico 490 |
Taya Chain
On 2017-09-05 11:12, Doug Landau wrote:
On Monday, September 4, 2017 at 12:27:34 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-09-02 07:56, wrote: On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 7:49:34 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-30 18:00, John B. wrote: On Wed, 30 Aug 2017 10:41:49 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 3:31:55 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-29 14:38, wrote: On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 11:45:45 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-29 09:42, sms wrote: On 8/28/2017 3:59 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 8/28/2017 4:28 PM, wrote: On Monday, August 28, 2017 at 1:59:20 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-28 13:43, sms wrote: I replaced the chain that I broke on Saturday with one I had in my garage that I must have purchased five to ten years ago. It has a connecting link and it says "Taya" on it. It's for 6,7,8 gearing. It seems okay, but I think that this is the first time I've used a chain with a connecting link since childhood. I looked up Taya and it's a big Taiwanese chain manufacturer. I still have a Sachs-Sedis 7-speed chain on my road bike which I bought from a friend as NOS, for $6 which was the old sticker price (the sticker had already turned brownish). No link, mounted with hammer and anvil as usual. To my utter amazement it doesn't show any measurable stretch after over 2000mi and sometimes I really put the coals on because of our hills. Even the old Wippermann chains could not rival that. I am very religious about chain cleaning and lube though. The old 5-6-7 speed Sachs chains wore out three days after the bike was junked. The Sedis (later Sachs-Sedis) material and Delta hardening process was not only exceptional but unsurpassed down to today except for possibly Record chains. That ended with SRAM. You can still find some NOS (new old stock) of the Sedisport 6/7 chains. About $25. I saw a lot of them on EBay at that price range stating "pre-owned" in the ad, meaning used and who knows for how many miles or whether properly maintained. The topper I ever saw was "pre-owned" underwear. Yikes. What if they were pre-owned by Elizabeth Taylor? It was men's underwear ... What makes you think that Elizabeth Taylor didn't wear men's underwear? She got pretty large near the end. In a less humorousness vein, did you know that "back in the day" runners used to wear women's panties? I remember a cowboy on horseback telling us something similar and it was a real manly John Wayne style guy. "Now I'll let you in on a secret on how to avoid rashes from very long rides, but don't ya tell your mama or anyone for that matter, ya hear?" Speaking of manly - virtually every single star in Hollywood after the mid-40's had been in the service and many of them (often the guys that played bad guys) had silver stars and purple hearts. Even Soupy Sales and Ernest Borgnine. The one exception was, surprisingly, John Wayne, who volunteered three times but they wouldn't let him in because of a bad back or something. Today we have these guys playing heros that don't even know what a hero is. John Wayne could certainly play them right. On Sunday we saw "Flying Tigers" for the umpteenth time. What was one of his sayings? "Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyhow". Meh. What's he doing on this Hodaka then? https://www.google.com/search?q=john... NJY3Oxzv6pM: Let's see him ride a Maico 490 Seems like he rode others as well: http://www.graphicsexpress.com/shop/images/th2_MC-3.jpg -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
Taya Chain
On Tue, 5 Sep 2017 07:11:23 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Monday, September 4, 2017 at 7:06:20 PM UTC-7, John B. wrote: On Mon, 04 Sep 2017 12:27:30 -0700, Joerg wrote: On 2017-09-02 07:56, wrote: On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 7:49:34 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-30 18:00, John B. wrote: On Wed, 30 Aug 2017 10:41:49 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 3:31:55 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-29 14:38, wrote: On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 11:45:45 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-29 09:42, sms wrote: On 8/28/2017 3:59 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 8/28/2017 4:28 PM, wrote: On Monday, August 28, 2017 at 1:59:20 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-28 13:43, sms wrote: I replaced the chain that I broke on Saturday with one I had in my garage that I must have purchased five to ten years ago. It has a connecting link and it says "Taya" on it. It's for 6,7,8 gearing. It seems okay, but I think that this is the first time I've used a chain with a connecting link since childhood. I looked up Taya and it's a big Taiwanese chain manufacturer. I still have a Sachs-Sedis 7-speed chain on my road bike which I bought from a friend as NOS, for $6 which was the old sticker price (the sticker had already turned brownish). No link, mounted with hammer and anvil as usual. To my utter amazement it doesn't show any measurable stretch after over 2000mi and sometimes I really put the coals on because of our hills. Even the old Wippermann chains could not rival that. I am very religious about chain cleaning and lube though. The old 5-6-7 speed Sachs chains wore out three days after the bike was junked. The Sedis (later Sachs-Sedis) material and Delta hardening process was not only exceptional but unsurpassed down to today except for possibly Record chains. That ended with SRAM. You can still find some NOS (new old stock) of the Sedisport 6/7 chains. About $25. I saw a lot of them on EBay at that price range stating "pre-owned" in the ad, meaning used and who knows for how many miles or whether properly maintained. The topper I ever saw was "pre-owned" underwear. Yikes. What if they were pre-owned by Elizabeth Taylor? It was men's underwear ... What makes you think that Elizabeth Taylor didn't wear men's underwear? She got pretty large near the end. In a less humorousness vein, did you know that "back in the day" runners used to wear women's panties? I remember a cowboy on horseback telling us something similar and it was a real manly John Wayne style guy. "Now I'll let you in on a secret on how to avoid rashes from very long rides, but don't ya tell your mama or anyone for that matter, ya hear?" Speaking of manly - virtually every single star in Hollywood after the mid-40's had been in the service and many of them (often the guys that played bad guys) had silver stars and purple hearts. Even Soupy Sales and Ernest Borgnine. The one exception was, surprisingly, John Wayne, who volunteered three times but they wouldn't let him in because of a bad back or something. Today we have these guys playing heros that don't even know what a hero is. John Wayne could certainly play them right. On Sunday we saw "Flying Tigers" for the umpteenth time. What was one of his sayings? "Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyhow". And Audie Murphy, who was I believe, the most decorated U.S. service man in WW II was a poor actor. Whereas your favorite actors like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Leonardo DiCaprio are simply great actors. I don't have "favorite actors" I haven't watch a (what would you call it, a Movie?) either on the screen or via Television) in probably 30 years. In fact when I read a news article mentioning "XYZ the Star of ABC" my first thought is "Who", and my second is, "Unimportant". -- Cheers, John B. |
Taya Chain
On Monday, September 4, 2017 at 12:27:34 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote:
On 2017-09-02 07:56, wrote: On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 7:49:34 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-30 18:00, John B. wrote: On Wed, 30 Aug 2017 10:41:49 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 3:31:55 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-29 14:38, wrote: On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 11:45:45 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-29 09:42, sms wrote: On 8/28/2017 3:59 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 8/28/2017 4:28 PM, wrote: On Monday, August 28, 2017 at 1:59:20 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-28 13:43, sms wrote: I replaced the chain that I broke on Saturday with one I had in my garage that I must have purchased five to ten years ago. It has a connecting link and it says "Taya" on it. It's for 6,7,8 gearing. It seems okay, but I think that this is the first time I've used a chain with a connecting link since childhood. I looked up Taya and it's a big Taiwanese chain manufacturer. I still have a Sachs-Sedis 7-speed chain on my road bike which I bought from a friend as NOS, for $6 which was the old sticker price (the sticker had already turned brownish). No link, mounted with hammer and anvil as usual. To my utter amazement it doesn't show any measurable stretch after over 2000mi and sometimes I really put the coals on because of our hills. Even the old Wippermann chains could not rival that. I am very religious about chain cleaning and lube though. The old 5-6-7 speed Sachs chains wore out three days after the bike was junked. The Sedis (later Sachs-Sedis) material and Delta hardening process was not only exceptional but unsurpassed down to today except for possibly Record chains. That ended with SRAM. You can still find some NOS (new old stock) of the Sedisport 6/7 chains. About $25. I saw a lot of them on EBay at that price range stating "pre-owned" in the ad, meaning used and who knows for how many miles or whether properly maintained. The topper I ever saw was "pre-owned" underwear. Yikes. What if they were pre-owned by Elizabeth Taylor? It was men's underwear ... What makes you think that Elizabeth Taylor didn't wear men's underwear? She got pretty large near the end. In a less humorousness vein, did you know that "back in the day" runners used to wear women's panties? I remember a cowboy on horseback telling us something similar and it was a real manly John Wayne style guy. "Now I'll let you in on a secret on how to avoid rashes from very long rides, but don't ya tell your mama or anyone for that matter, ya hear?" Speaking of manly - virtually every single star in Hollywood after the mid-40's had been in the service and many of them (often the guys that played bad guys) had silver stars and purple hearts. Even Soupy Sales and Ernest Borgnine. The one exception was, surprisingly, John Wayne, who volunteered three times but they wouldn't let him in because of a bad back or something. Today we have these guys playing heros that don't even know what a hero is. John Wayne could certainly play them right. On Sunday we saw "Flying Tigers" for the umpteenth time. What was one of his sayings? "Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyhow". -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ Uhm... OTOH, we have him saying to a Viet Namese 6-y/o, at the end of 'the green berets': "You're what this is all about." Yea, rite. Uh-huh. |
Taya Chain
On 2017-09-06 11:10, Doug Landau wrote:
On Monday, September 4, 2017 at 12:27:34 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-09-02 07:56, wrote: On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 7:49:34 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-30 18:00, John B. wrote: On Wed, 30 Aug 2017 10:41:49 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 3:31:55 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-29 14:38, wrote: On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 11:45:45 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-29 09:42, sms wrote: On 8/28/2017 3:59 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 8/28/2017 4:28 PM, wrote: On Monday, August 28, 2017 at 1:59:20 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-28 13:43, sms wrote: I replaced the chain that I broke on Saturday with one I had in my garage that I must have purchased five to ten years ago. It has a connecting link and it says "Taya" on it. It's for 6,7,8 gearing. It seems okay, but I think that this is the first time I've used a chain with a connecting link since childhood. I looked up Taya and it's a big Taiwanese chain manufacturer. I still have a Sachs-Sedis 7-speed chain on my road bike which I bought from a friend as NOS, for $6 which was the old sticker price (the sticker had already turned brownish). No link, mounted with hammer and anvil as usual. To my utter amazement it doesn't show any measurable stretch after over 2000mi and sometimes I really put the coals on because of our hills. Even the old Wippermann chains could not rival that. I am very religious about chain cleaning and lube though. The old 5-6-7 speed Sachs chains wore out three days after the bike was junked. The Sedis (later Sachs-Sedis) material and Delta hardening process was not only exceptional but unsurpassed down to today except for possibly Record chains. That ended with SRAM. You can still find some NOS (new old stock) of the Sedisport 6/7 chains. About $25. I saw a lot of them on EBay at that price range stating "pre-owned" in the ad, meaning used and who knows for how many miles or whether properly maintained. The topper I ever saw was "pre-owned" underwear. Yikes. What if they were pre-owned by Elizabeth Taylor? It was men's underwear ... What makes you think that Elizabeth Taylor didn't wear men's underwear? She got pretty large near the end. In a less humorousness vein, did you know that "back in the day" runners used to wear women's panties? I remember a cowboy on horseback telling us something similar and it was a real manly John Wayne style guy. "Now I'll let you in on a secret on how to avoid rashes from very long rides, but don't ya tell your mama or anyone for that matter, ya hear?" Speaking of manly - virtually every single star in Hollywood after the mid-40's had been in the service and many of them (often the guys that played bad guys) had silver stars and purple hearts. Even Soupy Sales and Ernest Borgnine. The one exception was, surprisingly, John Wayne, who volunteered three times but they wouldn't let him in because of a bad back or something. Today we have these guys playing heros that don't even know what a hero is. John Wayne could certainly play them right. On Sunday we saw "Flying Tigers" for the umpteenth time. What was one of his sayings? "Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyhow". -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ Uhm... OTOH, we have him saying to a Viet Namese 6-y/o, at the end of 'the green berets': "You're what this is all about." Yea, rite. Uh-huh. He was right. If we hadn't lost that war the 6-year olds back then would now not have to live under communism. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
Taya Chain
On 2017-08-28 15:59, AMuzi wrote:
On 8/28/2017 4:28 PM, wrote: On Monday, August 28, 2017 at 1:59:20 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-28 13:43, sms wrote: I replaced the chain that I broke on Saturday with one I had in my garage that I must have purchased five to ten years ago. It has a connecting link and it says "Taya" on it. It's for 6,7,8 gearing. It seems okay, but I think that this is the first time I've used a chain with a connecting link since childhood. I looked up Taya and it's a big Taiwanese chain manufacturer. I still have a Sachs-Sedis 7-speed chain on my road bike which I bought from a friend as NOS, for $6 which was the old sticker price (the sticker had already turned brownish). No link, mounted with hammer and anvil as usual. To my utter amazement it doesn't show any measurable stretch after over 2000mi and sometimes I really put the coals on because of our hills. Even the old Wippermann chains could not rival that. I am very religious about chain cleaning and lube though. The old 5-6-7 speed Sachs chains wore out three days after the bike was junked. The Sedis (later Sachs-Sedis) material and Delta hardening process was not only exceptional but unsurpassed down to today except for possibly Record chains. That ended with SRAM. Why is that? In the automotive world such an advance in technology is kept and further developed, not rescinded and chucked back into the dust bin. Well, usually. For example, transmissions nowadays typically last the whole lifetime of a car. 20+ years for us on two vehicles so far, for everything. Vehicle owners would have a hissy fit if they had to swap out a chain every 5000 miles. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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