Need some "vintage" end plugs?
02-08-23, 03:47 PM
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Need some "vintage" end plugs?
25¢ a handful at the local used crafting place attached to the local reclaimed building materials place. If there's a desire, I'm happy to pick some up for my fellow teetotallers.
02-08-23, 04:02 PM
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They make for good custom fender spacer "stock" as well.
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02-08-23, 04:51 PM
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I don't know about you guys but I don't need to *buy* those; plenty available direct from the source (though that is getting to be less frequent with metal caps on wine).... 
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02-08-23, 05:35 PM
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I rode with a a guy who had a cork hanging from the seat rails on all his bikes.
His explanation was more or less like this one: https://theradavist.com/pop-off/
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"Soon the jargon evolved. When a cork was popped, power was released. Bubbles escaped, the elixir went flat, no more “oomph” or energy. So, dropping your cork or having no more cork means you’re out of it, flat, dead, pooped, no more stuff. Ergo, the racers would hang a cork on their bikes so they’d never be “out” of cork. There would always be one more effort left for a “jam” or sprint. Conversely, if a rider said he “uncorked” a sprint, well, he “jumped”, “wound it up”, and took off. Or, if he pulled their corks, he went so hard that the opposition got “dropped”, “shook off” and had no more cork left."
His explanation was more or less like this one: https://theradavist.com/pop-off/
Excerpt from article:
"Soon the jargon evolved. When a cork was popped, power was released. Bubbles escaped, the elixir went flat, no more “oomph” or energy. So, dropping your cork or having no more cork means you’re out of it, flat, dead, pooped, no more stuff. Ergo, the racers would hang a cork on their bikes so they’d never be “out” of cork. There would always be one more effort left for a “jam” or sprint. Conversely, if a rider said he “uncorked” a sprint, well, he “jumped”, “wound it up”, and took off. Or, if he pulled their corks, he went so hard that the opposition got “dropped”, “shook off” and had no more cork left."
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02-08-23, 07:07 PM
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I like the champaign/Chimay/other fancy beer corks, personally. They do double duty in extending the handlebar grip area slightly.
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02-09-23, 12:45 AM
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So what corks make the best plugs, the ones from bottles of Red, White or Pagan Pink?
For those who weren't paying attention to such things in the 1970s, that's a Ripple reference. And yes, I know that the average bottle of Ripple was never even in the same time zone as a cork.
For those who weren't paying attention to such things in the 1970s, that's a Ripple reference. And yes, I know that the average bottle of Ripple was never even in the same time zone as a cork.
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