Originally Posted by
joe19582001
the 1970s
There was nothing truely innovative about the steel framed bikes of the 70's. Perhaps sloping downtube and pursuit bars located on the fork crown was as exciting as it got if I recall, or was that still later than the 70's?
Best era was the mid 80's through 90's with the experimentation with new materials such as Carbon and designs straying from the double diamond before the UCI stepped in. Bikes such as the Lotus 108, Aussie Superbike and US GT's to name a few...
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