Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!wjh12!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!wmartin From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Odd posting -- line numbers Message-ID: <4717@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Wed, 19-Sep-84 11:05:11 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.4717 Posted: Wed Sep 19 11:05:11 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 00:38:00 EDT Organization: Ballistics Research Lab Lines: 41 Here's a weird one; note the number of lines given in the "Lines:" field: > Relay-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-tgr.ARPA > Path: brl-tgr!seismo!hao!hplabs!hpda!fortune!wdl1!wunder > From: wunder@wdl1.UUCP (wunder ) > Newsgroups: net.bicycle > Subject: Re: Freewheel Maintenance > Message-ID: <418@wdl1.UUCP> > Date: Fri, 14-Sep-84 01:21:55 EDT > Article-I.D.: wdl1.418 > Posted: Fri Sep 14 01:21:55 1984 > Date-Received: Tue, 18-Sep-84 18:49:19 EDT > Lines: 0 > Nf-ID: #R:astrovax:-42300:wdl1:3000004:000:974 > Nf-From: wdl1!wunder Sep 13 21:57:00 1984 > > My Suntour "Perfect" freewheel once came unscrewed, dropping all of its > 1/8" bearings on the pavement. I bought some new ones, smeared > everything with Gunslick, and reassembled it. It was astoundingly > quiet when freewheeling. The chain meshing with the spockets made > more noise than the freewheel ratchet. In fact, I had to buy a bicycle > bell to warn pedestrians (I used to just coast for a moment). Naturally, > the bell rattles, so I never have to actually ring it. > > Anyway, the freewheel is still (three years later) in fine shape, > although the ratchet now makes a little noise, instead of none. > Not bad for Suntour's cheapest freewheel. > > Gunslick is a light grease that is packed full of graphite. A small > tube will cost you fifty cents at a gun store or hardware store, lots > cheaper than the Phill Wood thingo. It is a really neat lubricant for > all kinds of weird objects (Kept a hamster wheel quiet for 5 years worth > of hamsters with one application). > > wunderwood > Any explanations for this one? Will Martin seismo!brl-bmd!wmartin or wmartin@almsa-1.ARPA