Per press photos and images found in Miroir du Cyclisme, curved skewers and other CPSC mandated "safety features" were showing up in the pro peleton in Europe in the spring of 1976.
Brett Horton
San Francisco, CA
<<Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:11:17 -0500 <<From: "Steve Birmingham" <sbirmingham@mindspring.com> <<To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> <<Subject: [CR]RE: Historic bike value <snip> <<Just to satisfy my curiosity, I thought the curved skewers weren't made till 78? Did the top level riders have the cpsc versions early?
<<Steve Birmingham
<<Lowell, Ma