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From: matt@absolut.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Aztec safety poll
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Date: Mon, 30-Sep-85 19:45:00 EDT
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in an response to an article, tekchips!eirik writes:
>Warning: be VERY careful before buying Aztec cantilever pads; the ones
>I bought were standard pads, with aluminum rods threaded over the top
>of the studs. Threaded rods are weak enough when it comes to bending;
>the aluminum didn't help. The rod simply cracked during installation.
>Luckily, the shop where I bought them was nice enough to take them 
>back and pass on my complaints to the distributor. I don't know if
>Aztec has fixed this problem. 

    This is a VERY serious accusation; has anyone else experienced this?
If you use Aztecs, send me the approximate number of miles of commuting,
touring and racing you've done (ballpark figures will do), up to any failures, 
catastrophic or otherwise, or the mileage safely put on Aztecs, and I'll
summarize to the net in a week or two.
						matt
"I accept all responsibility for the above mistakes. However, I accept no
punishment for said mistakes."

Matt Leo                    {ucbvax!cbosgd!ima!cfib, decvax!cca}!absolut!matt
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