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a resource for pre-1983 lightweight bikes, parts, and modifications
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 'drilling craze' Bike World article |
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 'drilling do's and don'ts' |
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 'as light as air' Bicycle Guide |
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 'High Tech Bicycle' recommended 1982 book |
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light bikes gallery (click to enlarge +)
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 1895 bicycle claiming weight of 8.9lbs 4030g |
 1930s Buckley 13lbs 5900g |
 Luis Ocaña on a titanium Speedwell in 1973Speedwell catalog and Teledyne brochure on Bulgier.net |
 another light Speedwell from the 1970s |
 1970s Panasonic track bike 10.5lbs 4760g |
 16.3lb 7400g 1974 Speedwell on Speedbicycles site |
 Peter Weigle's 1970s time trial bike18.3lb 8300g |
   Pino Morroni titanium track bike w/ L side drivetrain |
 another Pino track bike, from 1980s w/ steel frame |
    Eddy Merckx's 1972 hour record bike 12.1lbs 5500g |
 HI-E Cosmopolitan seen at Cirque de Ciclisme |
 HI-E Cosmopolitan |
 15.8lb 7165g HI-E |
 1976 ti and carbon |
wanted info:
1973 René Herse 6800g email rick_shaw(AT)mac.com |
 1972 Cinelli "legerissimmo" model |
   1975 France-Loire show bike sub-7000g 15.4lb |
 16.2lb 7350g Confente
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 20.9lb 9500g Exxon Graftek |
 13lb 5900g Colnago w/ Pino components |
 Frank Spivey's work, on Chuck's 1975 Peter Johnson |
 Eddy Merckx c. 1973 w/ "drillium" parts on his Colnago |
 highly innovative component, that inspires many engineers even today |
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| many thanks to Bulgier.net, the CR list, and RS Broderick for info and scanning images | |||
| dieting tips for a vintage Campagnolo NR/SR bike: | |
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| lightweight modifications on a 1980 Raleigh 753
(16.5 lbs 7485g)
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