Re: [CR]The 1983 date for CR list

(Example: Racing:Wayne Stetina)

Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 13:46:15 -0400
To: "Andrew Gillis" <apgmaa@earthlink.net>, "nath" <ferness261@voyager.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Greg Goode" <goode@dpw.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]The 1983 date for CR list
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Ah, thanks. How about the location of the shifters? Were they being put on the stem around that time? And when did aluminum frames start becoming popular? By the time I got back into cycling as an adult, it was the very late 80's. By then, it was clipless, lots of aluminum, and neon paintjobs.

--Greg Shiftless in Manhattan, NY

At 10:26 AM 6/2/2003 -0700, Andrew Gillis wrote:
>CRs:
>
>Because bicycles up to 1983 date had toe clip and strap pedals, 1984 might
>have been when Look pedals were first field tested. 1985 is certainly a
>relevant date because the Look clipless pedals were used by Bernard Hinault
>when he won the Tour de France that year.
>
>(from Road Racing Technique & Training, Hinault & Genzling)
>
>Andrew Gillis (Long Beach, CA)