Re: [CR]700C Clincher Timeline???

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Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 08:21:36 -0700
To: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Jan Heine" <heine94@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]700C Clincher Timeline???

>I was just contemplating correct wheels for early to mid 70's bikes,
>and the question occurs to me, when were 700C clinchers introduced?

Many French cyclotouring bikes from the 1940s had 700C clinchers. I haven't seen pre-war bikes with 700C clinchers, but they may well exist. 27" wheels were unheard of in continental Europe...

Jan Heine
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