kick ass web site-history of cams
kick ass web site-history of cams
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Horatio Felacio
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I still have some of that shit! And I'm not kidding. My first cam was one of those weird Lowe Split Cam monstrosities. I carried that piece of crap quite a bit, placed it maybe once or twice, and then threw it in the gear box. My first set of Friends used circlips to hold the cams on the axels. I remember argueing with the guy who convinced me that I had to have them about the circlips. I just didn't believe this was a reliable way to secure the cams on the axels, but after borrowing a set of three, I had to have them. Even with the questionable circlips and the unbelievable expensive price of $17.50 each. Later they were recalled, then returned with lock nuts on the axels. One of my pals had access to the engineering lab at U.C. Berkeley, so he bought proper steel rod stock, aluminum bar stock, spring wire, etc. and made his own bootleg friends.
Of the stuff in the nut section, I remember the Forrest Titons as really worthless units. I have a Dolt nut, one of those nylon chock things, and even a Peck Cracker. Peckers we called them. Well, actually, I got two Peckers.
Of the stuff in the nut section, I remember the Forrest Titons as really worthless units. I have a Dolt nut, one of those nylon chock things, and even a Peck Cracker. Peckers we called them. Well, actually, I got two Peckers.