[CR]Wheel carriers, were they ever used in the US?

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From: <REClassicBikes@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 12:40:27 EST
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Wheel carriers, were they ever used in the US?

I have just listed a pair of "wheel carriers" on ebay, (106678702) and I was wondering if such items were ever used out side of the UK? Or was it just British cyclists who bought equipment but were too mean to actually use it!

Regards
Martin Coopland