Tim Victor's recent post...
"The French word pavé, taken literally, means to pave like a street or sidewalk. But those who coined the word weren't referring to the material that covered the quaint cobblestone streets of old France..."
...triggered a question in my mind. the question is:
What possessed French bicycle manufacturers to build rims like Rigidas, which were bends waiting to happen, in a country where cobble stone streets were once ubiquitous? Was this some kind of Gaulist planned obsolescence? Or were the cobble stones less ubiquitous than I reckon they were in the 50s and 60s. I've been visiting since the 80s and their roads are fabulous now, but I have heard from several persons that France's post war roads were pretty rugged for a decade or two after Patton, Monty and Brad had their ways with her.
Don Wilson Los Olivos, CA
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