For the weight conscious,
I was just scanning a 7 January 1948 copy of Cycling I recently got from a fellow list-member, and came across an item which I thought would add to the weight discussion of a week or so ago.
At the 25th Milan Cycle Show there was a Legnano "track machine" which, at the time, was claimed to be the "lightest bicycle ever built." It had a total weight of 8lb. 10oz.. The review states that: "The frame of this machine was made of high tensile steel, while a lavish use was made of duralumin in the fittings." Beside this there is a grainy picture of this bike.
I was reading this out to my SO, who asked how that compared to modern day track bikes - unfortunately, I don't have a clue. Sounded pretty lightweight to me!
Paul Williams, in a still bitterly cold Ottawa, ON, Canada.
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