Re: [CR]Curt Harnett and his 151BCD chainrings

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Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 19:49:28 +0100 (BST)
From: "Michael Butler" <pariscycles@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [CR]Curt Harnett and his 151BCD chainrings
To: john@os2.dhs.org
In-Reply-To: <4319E8F3.2@new.rr.com>
cc: CR Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

Hello John, Are sure about Curt Harnett holding the World flying 200 metre record? I always thought it was Robert Whitford USA open air at Atlanta 11.830 and indoor Vladimir Alexandre Russia Moscow 10.777. Best wishes Mick Butler UK.


--- John Thompson wrote:


> Chuck Schmidt wrote:
> > emeneff@earthlink.net wrote:
> >
> >>David Benson posted about Canadian sprinter Curt
> Harnett :
> >>
> >>>Incidentally, Canadian sprinter Curt Harnett used
> 151 chainrings right
> >>>through his >career which ended with a bronze
> medal at the '96 Olympics. He
> >>>still holds the World >Record for the Flying
> 200m, set in 1995 on a lugged
> >>>steel bike.
> >>
> >>Which of course begs the question : Which pattern
> chainring bolts did he use ?
> >>Brev. or Patent ?
> >
> > It was rumored back then that Curt was very
> superstitious and that he
> > had used both. What isn't known (now lost to
> history) is what the mix
> > (ratio) was of the Brev. and Patent chainring
> bolts.
> >
> > Can anyone shed more light on this little known or
> talked about rumor?
> >
> > 1 Brev. to 4 Patent ?
> > 2 Brev. to 3 Patent ?
> > 3 Brev. to 2 Patent ?
> > 4 Brev. to 1 Patent ?
>
> Knowing the ratio is only the tip of the issue. You
> must also know the
> pattern in which they were installed. Was there one
> "Patent" opposite
> the crankarm? Did the Brevs and Patents alternate?
> Inquiring minds need
> to know!
>
>
> --
>
> -John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
> Appleton WI USA
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Thats all for now. Keep those wheels spinning, in your memories if not still on the road. Be lucky Mick Butler Huntingdon UK.

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