That young whippersnapper Robert Cohen wrote:
>Regarding the Colnago timeline - 1987: The birth of Colnago?s Precisa fork
>with straight blades, a major revolution in fork designs.
UGGGGGG-leeeee!
>Straight bladed forks had been around since at least the thirties.
>
>The forks didn't catch on with the "old timers" because they pounded them
>just like they do today.
>
>In cycling, most things new, are pretty old.
Actually, straight forks go back probably about 130 years, curved forks didn't come in until probably the 1880s.
Sheldon "Penny Farthing" Brown
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