Bikes of America (and Canada!)

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Raleigh America 1984 funny bike for the LA Olympics

One of the cool little features, look at how the shift lever is twisted to reduce the frontal area a little.


The above pic also shows the wacky front brake, assembled backwards to put the spring on the back, with welding.
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Check out how they made the front hub narrower, by just cutting a Campy and epoxying the pieces back together:



This last little detail probably didn't make the bike much faster, but it's definitely trick:


See how the cable housing emerges from where the adjuster screw normally goes in the dropout? Show-off!

 

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One of the cool little features, look at how the shift lever is twisted to reduce the frontal area a little.

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The above pic also shows the wacky front brake, assembled backwards to put the spring on the back, with welding.
.
Check out how they made the front hub narrower, by just cutting a Campy and epoxying the pieces back together:

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This last little detail probably didn't make the bike much faster, but it's definitely trick:

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See how the cable housing emerges from where the adjuster screw normally goes in the dropout? Show-off!

That cable exit is definitely the bomb !