My Bike Jumble purchase.

fiks · Apr 20, 2009

It's an optical illusion!

Article from "Cycling" 1985:

Review from "Cycling" 1981:

Advert:

As usual, there's nothing new:

And here's time trial legend Ian Cammish:

Old Ned · Apr 21, 2009

Brilliant post fiks, many thanks. I knew there was an article or similar somewhere in the Cycling archives. Ian C. used them regularly for a while but I don't think he ever said that his performances were due to using them - he was (and still is!) simply a very good time triallist.

However, they are very collectable - especially in the longer length. Mine are 170mm.

pigman · Apr 30, 2009

ned
is it a gipiemme seatpost? If so, I had one circa 1983/4. Ended up using it for cross and drilling a hole thru it for a bare rear brake cable.

Old Ned · Apr 30, 2009

pigman":37n1e90j said:
ned
is it a gipiemme seatpost? If so, I had one circa 1983/4. Ended up using it for cross and drilling a hole thru it for a bare rear brake cable.

Yes!

Sacrilege!!

:shock:

My Bike Jumble purchase.

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