On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos
<jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Your logic escapes me. The last Traials were held in 1949. When the tri
als were being held, and several years after, components like the TA cyclot
ourist rings and Stronglight 49D cranks were made that were as light as muc
h modern carbon stuff. So it appears the Trials had MAJOR influence on the
componets being made when they were being held. Do they have influence to
day? Of course not. Nearly everyone who participated in the last Trials i
n 1949 is now dead, and few people in France and almost no one anywhere els
e has ever heard of the Technical Trials. Until Jan chronicled them, few p
eople even on the CR list had heard of them. Hard to be influenced by hist
ory of which one is ignorant.
>
So the TA and Stronglight cranks were developed as a result of the influence of the Trials? Thanks, Mitch Harris Little Rock Canyon, Utah, USA