[CR]Re: The pride of Sweden

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From: "Martin Appel" <martin@camelot.de>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 03:13:31 +0100
Subject: [CR]Re: The pride of Sweden

The Maaslands <TheMaaslands@comcast.net> wrote:

[...]
>Even though the bike was far from successful, the wheels did become
>quite sought after in the world of pacer horse racing. They were used
>on sulkies. I seem to recall that is also how Phil Wood got through
>some tough financial times (Sulkies and wheel chair hubs!)

this is actually exactly how the makers of the full-carbon "Lightweight" wheels, Dierl&Obermayer started: making wheels for sulkies. Apparently the requirements are similar: fast, stiff, light... (These are the wheels used for example by Lance Armstrong and others in the last TdF's mountain stages)

i know, i'm getting off-topic here....

Martin Appel
Munich, Germany