Re: [CR]Houdialle PowerCams

(Example: Racing)

Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 21:33:33 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Houdialle PowerCams
References: <657d82e7c062893bff049fc59ac7d174@htc.net> <8C747F23D9BB3A5-940-679C@MBLK-M36.sysops.aol.com>
In-Reply-To: <8C747F23D9BB3A5-940-679C@MBLK-M36.sysops.aol.com>


oroboyz@aol.com wrote:
> << item #716573098...................
> as far as I ever knew was not a Stronglight product as claimed here.
> BioCam or PowerCam products were interesting--didn't Lon Haldeman ride
> it in the day?-- but manufactured by Houdialle (sp?) Industries as I
> recall.>>
>
> We sold a small bunch of those in-the-day... In the shop, we
> semi-derisively called the company "Hootie-owl" .. The setup actually
> worked.. Had a funny loping-along action. .. weird, but they did work.
> Big gear pounders like them. I never remember seeing anything to
> establish who actually manufactured the pieces & parts but it IS
> possible that Stronglight did... Let's ask the seller!!!

Trek made at least some of the BioCam frames back in the late 70's. They still had a bunch of unpainted frames, and a few sets of unused double bottom brackets (about 1kg each!) and goofy "dropouts" gathering dust in a corner of the warehouse when I left in 1986. IIRC, Mike Appel eventually bought them. I don't know what he might have done with them, though.

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John (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA