In article <2_idnQ3VH5661S7bnZ2dnUVZ_uWlnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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david.johnson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> Rick wrote:
> > eBay: http://easyurl.net/Hetchins_Spyder
>
> Odd. It's a pretty bike, but there are some things about this
> description that strike me as odd. For one, wooden rims in 1972? I was
> racing in 1972, and I certainly never saw anyone with wooden rims. As
Maybe a track-only thing? I have no idea; I was 12 at that time.
> close to it we had were the Scheeren (sp?) Weltmeister rims with balsa
> wood to hold the rim's shape at the spoke holes.
>
> On the other hand, bladed spokes were also not around in '72. So these
> wheels seem to be a mix of eras.
>
> The one-bolt seatpost was also later, and I don't think it was a track
That seatpost and saddle clamp look very similar to the one on my bike
from around that time, unless you're saying that *Campy* didn't have one
like that.
> part. The pedals are at least within the timeframe (barely), but are
> road pedals.
>
> For a bike that was "ridden once at the World Champion****ps", why would
> the fork be drilled for a brake?
I took that "ridden once..." phrase to be referring to the rims, and not
the rest of the bike.
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