Sujet : Re: Extensive article on Rivendell and Grant Petersen
De : scharf.steven (at) *nospam* geemail.com (sms)
Groupes : rec.bicycles.techDate : 24. Sep 2024, 18:45:04
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On 9/24/2024 7:15 AM, Wolfgang Strobl wrote:
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In addition, wider tires and disk brakes aren't really new, either.
"Latest advertising themes" is hyperbole.
The Great American Bicycle Tour in 1975 was exclusively on Shimano disc brake-equipped (rear wheel only) bicycles. This was the disc brake: <
https://thecabe.com/forum/attachments/brake-jpg.746751/>.
The tour was sponsored by an American retailer, JC Penney, that was the first company to sell the disc brake bicycles. Very heavy bicycles (≈ 40 pounds), reportedly manufactured by Huffy. This i a video of the tour: <
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k10233DdFi0>. Note that safety levers on the brake levers were standard equipment. No helmets on the tour.
It just took 40 years or so for disc brakes to become mainstream.
Amusingly, shortly after JC Penney came out with their disc brake bicycle, Sears introduced a hydraulic brake bicycle <
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikeforums.net-<snip>