Originally Posted by
unterhausen
yes, does this really make a difference? They used oversize tubes, and pre-date Klein, I'm thinking this makes oversize tubes obvious to a practitioner of the art, no matter if they were using bamboo, bubble gum, or other exotic tubing materials.
That's essentially what the patent court decided. Even though Klein had the patent on thin wall large diameter tubing, the patent was never really valid in the first place. The lawsuit though was Klein v. Cannondale.