disc wheels have been made, and available for sale to the general public, since the mid-1890s. seriously. same with tri-spoke type wheels, and, of course, virtually all current non-standard spoking patterns.
-joel
>I am seriously in doubt that there were disc wheels on of before
>1983 that were available to the public... But I could be wrong (No
>wisecracks please out there) Or these could be some on-offs...
>
>So, someone with a better memory or more real knowledge fill us all
>in please...
>
>
>Dale Brown
>Greensboro, NC USA
>List owner & webmaster
>www.classicrendezvous.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ken Doubt <kdoubt@bmts.com>
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Sent: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 19:15:24 -0400
>Subject: [CR]Help identifing disc wheels.
>
> A friend is getting ready to sell a time trial bike that he bought
>a couple of years ago but wants to know what type of disc wheels he
>has.
>
> I'm sure the bike is within the time line and I'm thinking that the
>wheels are as well.
>
> When he bought the bike, the previous owner said that the wheels
>were made by Moon Equipment, the car accessory company that had the
>moon eye decals but there is no identification on them. They appear
>to be a type of fibreglass disc that has been permanently bonded to
>a normal spoke wheel. They are extremely heavy; the front weighs 8
>pounds with a tubular glued on. He has contacted Moon but they are
>under new owners and don't have any information. He'd like to be
>able to accurately describe the bike when it goes up for sale.
>
> I do have some photos of the wheels that I could email anyone who
>was interested.
>
>I thought maybe some of the old racers may have heard of these.
>
>Ken Doubt
>Chesley ON
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==
i know what innocence looks like - and it wasn't there,
after she got that bicycle...