Re: [CR]New photos to RH project : Schultz and monobras Labor

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Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 09:02:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]New photos to RH project : Schultz and monobras Labor
To: alex m <alexpianos@yahoo.fr>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <20060715153726.71402.qmail@web26606.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>


Amazing! Monoforks front AND REAR!! Was it Cannondale that sold a "radical" bike with a front monofork a couple of yeras ago? These guys were TWICE as radical, about 90 yeras earlier. Reinforces the observation that there is very little new in bicycle design, just old ideas being rediscovered.

Regards,

Jerry Moos Big Spring, TX

alex m <alexpianos@yahoo.fr> wrote: I've just added some photos to my internet site of a couple of technically very interesting bikes : a monobras (single fork) Labor racer c.1910, the idea is to be able to repair a puncture on a race without taking the wheel out, and the amazing c.1935 Schultz cyclotouring.

http://www.pianosromantiques.com/projetRH.html

Alexander March

http://fr.mail.yahoo.com