Re: [CR] Now: racing bike weight, was: Slimming a nuovo record bike ...

(Example: Framebuilders:Bernard Carré)

From: "Peter" <prkbikes@bellsouth.net>
To: "Jan Heine" <heine93@earthlink.net>
References: <a05210625bbf7a3b6f31a@[69.3.70.60]>
Subject: Re: [CR] Now: racing bike weight, was: Slimming a nuovo record bike ...
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 10:46:43 -0500
cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


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From: Jan Heine
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 10:26 AM
Subject: [CR] Now: racing bike weight, was: Slimming a nuovo record bike ...


TVT Carbon frames were actually built by Craig Calfee in Santa Cruz California.

Peter Koskinen Chapel Hill,Nc
> 1980s: LeMond won the world championships on 36-hole wheels, which
> now fellow randonneurs (!), who have no support cars, say are too
> heavy to go fast! Yes, Greg used TVT carbon frames, too. But for most
> other riders, bikes actually were heavier than in the 70s - witness
> Columbus Max tubing and such stuff.
>
> 1990s: With "innovative" bike companies becoming more active in
> sponsoring pro racing (Cannondale and Trek come to mind, but Bianchi,
> too), they wanted to showcase lightweight bikes, since they couldn't
> compete on "mystique" and craftsmanship. So the bikes are getting
> lighter. Would Eddy have won more decisively on a Trek? Would Lance
> be slower on a Colnago NR bike? Who knows?
>
> Any thoughts?
> --
> Jan Heine, Seattle
> Editor/Publisher
> Vintage Bicycle Quarterly
> http://www.mindspring.com/~heine/bikesite/bikesite/