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Old August 3rd 06, 06:46 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
DougC
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Default F1 bicycle racing--anyone have a pic?

Sometime during the 1990's (I thinks) there was a short-lived racing
series. It was using 20" wheel bikes on pavement, they had geometry that
was very aero-crouched. The frames were NOT bmx, they were about the
same size but specially designed for this, and a couple companies
actually sold the bikes for a couple years. The frames were thin
aero-style tubing and they would only accmodate narrow tires in the
frame and forks--regular 20" knobbies wouldn't fit. The rear wheel had
several cogs and a derailleur, on a handlebar shifter; I only remember
one chainring. Haro was the one I test-rode (I think it was Haro
anyway). The handlebars on this bike were flat, and it had a
front-fairing of plastic like a motorcycle fairing. The color scheme was
mostly-white, with some striping.

The bike sat in a shop in IL for a couple years; print magazines I saw
said that orgainzed races wer held in California for a couple years.

......I Googled a bit but cannot come up with any mentions of this
series. Specifically I wanted a photo of one of these bikes for my own
digital archives. Any time I search for "formula 1" or "f1" I get
results on the car series, or on the current bicycle models named
"formula 1". Are any pictures of these bikes onilne anymore?
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Old August 3rd 06, 07:00 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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Default F1 bicycle racing--anyone have a pic?

DougC wrote:
Well okay. The years was 1987-1989, not in the 1990's at all.

.....And the only "actual" Google result I can get is that there is a
paragraph mentioning F-1 racing on the Wikipedia entry for Tinker
Juarez, under "Miscellaneous":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker_Juarez

There's no Wikipedia entry for F-1 bicycle racing at all.
There's no other relevant Google results for variations of "formula one
bicycle", "F-1 bicycle" or "F1 bicycle".

 




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