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On Nov 10, 2007, at 2:55 PM, Fred Rednor wrote:
>> <hilary.stone@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>> No, Dernys do not have a roller -
>>
>> Perhaps not typically (?) but I've ridden a lot of miles
>> behind different dernys that were fitted with rollers in
>> back.
>
> Perhaps the bone of contention here is that there are the
> orginal dernies, made in France by the Derny brothers, and
> there are "generic dernies" made by others. It's like Kleenex
> and kleenex, or Hoover and hoover. (Or bespoke vs. Bespoke,
> for that matter.) Perhaps none of this will make sense, unless
> you are both a native English speaker and a long time member of
> the CR list. (If you're confused, I can explain off-list.)
>
> Anyway, not only did the original dernies - built by the Derny
> brothers - not have rollers, but the photographs I've seen
> indicate that many (if not all?) of the true Derny machines did
> not have any rear bumper. What made them specially adapted to
> stayer racing was that the driver's position is far back and
> upright, in order to provide the maximum amount of draft for
> the following cyclist.
> Cheers,
> Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
>
>
>
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