Re: [CR] Rene Herse Ligtweight Record Bike

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Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 23:16:17 -0700
From: "Mitch Harris" <mitch.harris@gmail.com>
To: <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Rene Herse Ligtweight Record Bike


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