RE: [CR]Pic of the Day - Revolutionary Multiplicateur

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Subject: RE: [CR]Pic of the Day - Revolutionary Multiplicateur
Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 18:33:31 -0700
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From: "Mark Bulgier" <Mark@bulgier.net>
To: "Aldo Ross" <aldoross4@siscom.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Ah, hype springs eternal...

I hear the riders didn't adopt it because it made them pedal like a duck, due to the wide tread and the quacking sound it made. (now it's time for ME to duck!)

Nice photo Aldo, thanks for sharing.

Mark Bulgier Seattle WA USA

Aldo wrote:
>
> Pic of the Day
> 6 May, 2007
>
> Seventy-One Years Ago...
>
> "An Invention Which Could Perhaps Revolutionize The World of the
> Cyclist"
>
> French stayer Henri Bréau poses with Raphaël Derossi's
> "Multiplicateur". Note the deep section front rim, plate clamped
> to the seattube and downtube, tape around the rear tire/rim. From
> "Le Miroir des Sports" No.312, 5 May 1926.
>
> http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/aldoross/pd/Multipli.JPG.html