Re: [CR]Were there ANY disc wheels that are On Topic?

From: "Paul Williams" <castell5@sympatico.ca>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Were there ANY disc wheels that are On Topic?
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:10:46 -0400
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Dale, Ken, etc.,

I know nothing of this, but a quick google brought up this Newsweek article with a picture of Francesco Moser's 1984 hour-record breaking bike with disc-wheels. At the time, Moser broke Merckx's 1972 hour-record.

http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jan2006/id20060126_768347.htm?chan=adsections&sub=extraordinary&campaign_id=knw_extraordinary

Make's you wonder if others had tried them before then? 1984 is bordering on our timeline anyway!!

Paul Williams,
Ottawa, ON, Canada