Wouldn't some tracks have banned track hubs with QR levers? Not as obvious a safety issue as the ban on brakes, but some track managers would probably have considered them dangerous.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Houston, TX
> KEN TODA wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 10/25/02 11:59:17 PM, d.kennard@adelphia.net writes:
> >
> > << http://www.duane.kennard.com/
> >
> > Another thing is interesting to me, that the Q/R skewer lever were BENT
by
> > probably Schwinn. It is obvious there is no LOCKED/UNLOCKED stamping on
> > them as CPSC lever after 1978. The safety idea was 6-7 years ahead.
>
> Check the end of this Campagnolo Timeline entry:
>
> "1967 Catalog #15 is printed for the year-end trade shows.
> Included for the Record group is the Nuovo Record alloy rear derailleur
> and the Nuovo Record bottom bracket (rifled axle aperture cups). Also
> the triple chainring crank
> and cyclocross flanged-chainring crank, the Nuovo Tipo small and large
> flange hubs (round holes in flanges, no oil hole and stamped steel
> races), Record pedals (name
> change), a new Record headset, the Valentino group, pedal spanner
> (15-16-17mm multiple head), portable repair stand, and the obscure large
> flange track hubs with curved
> lever quick releases."
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> SoPas, SoCal
> http://www.velo-retro.com (Campagnolo Timeline)
>
>
> .