On Monday, 01, 2002, at 02:38PM, Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> wrote:
>Brandon Ives wrote:
>>I have also heard legends of, but never seen, sub 3 pound time-trial frames from the 50's and 60's. I have held in my hands Eddy's hour >>record bike and one of Beryl Burton's time-trial bikes and both were scary light.
>
>Hey, how 'bout a sub 1 pound time-trial frame from the 1890s?
>
>My opinion: The unrealistically low reported weights of bikes and bike
>parts is notorious.
I'm 100% with you on that and it's a practice that's only gotten worse with time. I was only putting out some options on how a bike that old could be that light, I didn't say it was that light. You will also note that I did use the word legends. What's the saying, "The older I get the faster I was." enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives Was never fast or light in Santa Barbara, Calif.