Re: Fw: [CR]Bike technology peaked in the 1984?

(Example: Racing:Beryl Burton)

From: <RALEIGH531@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 13:49:43 EDT
Subject: Re: Fw: [CR]Bike technology peaked in the 1984?
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 4/21/01 1:29:11 PM EST, moos@penn.com writes:
> I think everyone lies a little on rim weight, so it doesn't surprise me that
> all
> the rims, including the Arc-en-Ciel, which was advertised at 330gm but
> weighs
> out at 340, are higer than advertised. Of course, a kitchen food scale is
> not
> exactly a precision scientific instrument, so the absolute weights could be
> a
> little inaccurate, but the relative weights of rims weighed on the same
> scale
> should be pretty close. There were some old rims above 500gm, in fact I
> just
> weighed a Weinmann concave at 550gm, but I don't think the concave was ever
> intended for racing.

You can find many rim weights at: http://www.damonrinard.com/weights.htm

Pete Geurds
Douglassville, PA