Re: [CR]Pinnacle of the vintage lightweight era?

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From: "KCTOMMY" <KCTOMMY@email.msn.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Pinnacle of the vintage lightweight era?
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 15:53:55 -0600

Very likely true. My first performance clinchers were Specialized folding Turbos mounted on Mavic G 40s, around '81. But I seem to recall that light clinchers had been accepted before that time. So the point of discussion remains "when did clinchers become a viable high performance option?"

Tom Adams, in raining cold Kansas City

-----Original Message----- From: Chris Beyer <beyerc@mailserver.volvo.com> To: Leonard Bulger <bulger@erim-int.com> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Date: Friday, March 23, 2001 1:44 PM Subject: [CR]Pinnacle of the vintage lightweight era?


>Leonard, et al:
>
>Now you're speaking my language. But I'd vote for a British Club-racer
>style bike with a Sturmey-Archer hub, such as a FM. They shift
>positively, every time, which is more than you can say for the
>Cyclo.........Hub-gear bikes have that same uncluttered grace and
>simplicity as track bikes, but they're useable And I'm unconvinced that
>7, 8, 9, and10-speed cassettes have made our cycling lives any better.
>
>Chris Beyer
>Epicyclic Bloomfield, NJ
>
>Leonard Bulger wrote:
>
>> How about an Alan Super Record with titanium Galli group and tapered
>> roller bearings? Or maybe the original Klein Stage? Bikes went
>> downhill after that time.
>> Seriously, I suppose the pinnacle would be a good 1940's 531 DB frame
>> with a Nivex or French Cyclo derailleur. Bikes haven't gotten any
>> better since then; it's just that the fads change.
>>
>> Leonard Bulger
>> temporarily sunny Ann Arbor