On Tue, 8 Oct 2002 07:42:01 -0700 (PDT) Tom Dalton
<tom_s_dalton@yahoo.com> writes:
> Another thing: did bi-valents ever actually get used for actual
> racing? Bivalents and M-71's are both groovy examples of Cinelli
> innovation that never really caught on. I wasn't riding in the
> early 70's but aren't these both items that were used by the
> tech-weeines of that day, items that never found favor among racers?
Innovations that make great collector's items.
I wonder if these things were some part of the Italian Cycling Federation, or Italian manufacturer research effort in the 70s? Sort of an outside of the Iron Curtain response to developing bicycle racers. They were shown in the CONI Manual, which I've seen described as one of the first best efforts to integrate science into the sport of bicycle racing.
I think Moultons were far more hip than M-71s. Steven Johnson, Chesapeake, VA
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