I have the ad copy and 2 scans of the Original Plastic Bike @
http://www.firstflightbikes.com/
> If you mean the bike I referrred to as the Original All-Plastic Bike, the
> title I gave (or someting close) was what it was called in the
> advertising. The Itera must have been a different and much more reputable
> product. As described in a post a year or two ago (by Sheldon I think),
> the All-Plastic Bike was ALL plastic - gears, FW, chain, even spokes.
> Sheldon recalled wanting to touch the spokes on the one on display at the
> bike trade show to see if they had any tension, which he suspected they
> did not, but was prevented by the rep. I suspect this prototype was
> completely unrideable and probably the only one ever made. I doubt
> seriously that anyone as reputable as a pair of former Volvo executives
> had anything to do with the venture I'm referring to. The guys behind it
> used the publicity to raise money from investors, then disappeared with
> the funds. I've never heard who they were or if they were ever
> prosecuted.
>
> Regards,