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From: "John R. Rose" <rose@cs*.sc*.ed*>
Subject: Re: Blades for scooter
To: william@ca*.co* (William Allen)
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 17:28:47 -0500 (EST)
Cc: BLais@ha*.co*, cavers@cavers.com
Yes, I could tell from your post that I was stepping on toes.
As I said in an earlier, my only experience with aluminum blades
was seeing someone try breaking a finger. I have 3 gavin scooters
and a tekna, all of which do fine without aluminum blades.

-John 

> I had two teknas with alum. blades, have two AUL 2000 and one 3000 AUL
> scooters with alumimun blades i've never had a problem, although i've never
> sharpened the blades to turn them into a vegamatic. I also have an apollo
> that we use for digging it does have plastic blades but they are the
> toughest plastic blade i've ever had. The tekna seem to break as soon as
> they hit something i real see no problem with an aluminum blade.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lais, Bill <BLais@ha*.co*>
> To: 'William Allen' <william@ca*.co*>
> Cc: 'cavers@cavers.com' <cavers@cavers.com>
> Date: Friday, January 29, 1999 4:57 PM
> Subject: RE: Blades for scooter
> 
> 
> >*BIGGER* scooters??  I've never seen a Gavin with Aluminum blades.
> >
> >Bill Lais, E.I. -  Engineer  II
> >Handex of Florida - Mt. Dora, Fl.
> >352/735-1800  ext. 166
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: William Allen [SMTP:william@ca*.co*]
> > Sent: Saturday, January 30, 1999 3:38 AM
> > To: John R. Rose; Alan Green
> > Cc: cavers@cavers.com
> > Subject: Re: Blades for scooter
> >
> > What bs, it's a tekna not a chevy. The bigger scooters have
> >aluminum blades
> > and there is a clutch on all the scooters I've ever ridden,
> >unless you
> > modify the clutch it slips suprisingly easy.
> >
> > rom: John R. Rose <rose@CS*.Sc*.ED*>
> > To: Alan Green <greencave17@ho*.co*>
> > Cc: cavers@cavers.com <cavers@cavers.com>
> > Date: Friday, January 29, 1999 3:25 PM
> > Subject: Re: Blades for scooter
> >
> >
> > >Alan,
> > >
> > >I'm sure that this is not the answer you want but:
> > >
> > >Before you do this, take a picture of your hands.
> > >That way you can remember what they looked like
> > >before you put them through a meat grinder.
> > >
> > >If you are having touble breaking blades, the answer
> > >is to have them pinned. Aluminum should only be used
> > >if self-mutilation appeals to you.
> > >
> > >-John
> > >
> > >>
> > >>     I want to replace the blades
> > >> on my Tekna scooter with Aluminum
> > >> blades . Is there more than one
> > >> source ? Who would you recommend
> > >> buying them from ?  Thanks   Alan
> > >>
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> > >
> 
> 

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