Old 03-19-12 | 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Drillium Dude
Wow, have you got a piece of history there! If this is before the Graftek G-1, then it's the first CF bike. That's quite a unique bit of kit you have there.
It is not the First, but most probably the first to see genuine series production.

Mossberg had one, and so did a company in San Diego called Composite USA, (might have been Graphite USA) their frames were trick, oversized tubing, and alloy welded lugs. I raced against a guy testing one in 1974-75.

Also, Carlton showed a carbon and alloy frame a few years before, but it was a bike show only deal.
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