Re: [CR]18 LBS

(Example: Events:Cirque du Cyclisme:2007)

Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:45:39 -0400
From: "Mike Schmidt" <mdschmidt56@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]18 LBS
In-reply-to: <136130.36850.qm@web56405.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
To: Jack Gabus <jack_gabus@yahoo.com>
References: <136130.36850.qm@web56405.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
cc: CR <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
cc: CR

I can name two. Rene Herse and Alex Singer. During the trials in the late 40's and early 50's in France, the constructuers would try to build the lightest bike. Some of them weighed under 17 lbs.

Mike Schmidt Stirling, New Jersey Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 20, 2008, at 6:38 PM, Jack Gabus <jack_gabus@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Don Wrote:
>
> ----Original Message-----
> From: "donald gillies" <gillies(AT)ece.ubc.ca>
> To: classicrendezvous(AT)bikelist.org
> Sent: 9/2/2008 12:59 PM
> Subject: RE: [CR]FS: 1977 Peugeot PY-10CP - Typo?
>
> that's a really cool PY-10, but I think no bike in the on-topic era
> weighed less than 19 lbs in its production configuration. In fact,
> the catalogue page you display on wooljersey actually says (9-9.5
> kg),
> which would be 19.8 - 20.9 lbs.
>
> Can ANY CR members name an on-topic catalogue bike that tipped the
> scales in the 18 lbs range ?? That's an interesting question for the
> list.
>
> - Don Gillies
> San Diego, CA, USA
>
>
> Don:
>
> One comes to mind might be the Italvega Super light. That thing had
> Drillium all over it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jack
>
>
>
>
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