Re: [CR]Vintage bike speedometers/computers

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Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 07:19:40 -0800
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From: "Jan Heine" <heine93@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Vintage bike speedometers/computers

Speedometers were quite popular in France in the 1930s and 1940s. Some of the bikes in the "Image Archive" on the VBQ web site are equipped with them. You see them on otherwise superlight Alex Singers and similar bikes. -- Jan Heine, Seattle Editor/Publisher Vintage Bicycle Quarterly c/o Il Vecchio Bicycles 140 Lakeside Ave, Ste. C Seattle WA 98122 http://www.mindspring.com/~heine/bikesite/bikesite/

Does anyone collect the old 1970s bike speedometers/bike computers? I have one of the first bike speedometers with the sweeping dials on it for cadence and speed. It really looks primitive by today's standards, but quite cool for a vintage restoration. I remember when I used to ride with John Howard who was on the Raliegh National team, and he often used this model. If anyone knows where I can find some pictures of them, or would like to see mine, I can send a picture.