kevenruf@comcast.net wrote:
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> http://www.birfield.com/
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> Aldo Ross
> Red Oak Island, Ohio
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> Is that an "aero" rim on the front?
> It looks like a deep section rim, and
> it looks different from the rear.
> Is this another page from "there's nothing new under the sun?"
> -Keven Ruf, "Seattle"
Keven, the clearest place in the photo to see the front and rear rims and tires is the section next to the ground. Looks to my eye like fairly fat tubular tires (28mm) mounted to normal section aluminum rims (aluminum rims intro'd into the TdF in 1931); same front and rear.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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