In a message dated 7/11/02 2:04:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time, bob.reid1@virgin.net writes:
<< Tullio seems to have spent most of the 1960's inventing & patenting car & Motorcycle hydraulic & cable operated disc brake components.... everything from parking brakes to dual-circuit hydraulic brake cyclinders. I guess this is the reason for the dearth of bicycle inventiveness between 1963 & 67 (http://www.velo-retro.com/tline.html) - unsubstantiated of course but he probably had a pretty clear idea what way the industry appeared to be going at a time when the European cycle industry was at an all time low. >>
Campy motorcycle cable disc brakes were the least effective stoppers ever to appear on a motorcycle. Phil Brown In foggy San Francisco, again