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TEXTIMA 2nd generation GDR Track Bike national team Lutz Haueisen

By campafreak on 03/02/2009. Bike tags: Track bike | TEXTIMA GDR national team track bike 1978 - 1989 Lutz haueisen
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TEXTIMA 2nd generation with smaller front wheel to improve aerodynamic by reduced distance between the riders

made by TEXTIMA to suit cockpit length and elevation name of athlete engraved

TEXTIMA Campy Pista

FES 24" disk wheel

need to be updated

Campy Record Pista and 70mm wide BB shell ITA spindle and BSC thread

Concor Campy fluted Record

Campy Pista titanium

The bikes were build in the basement of the TEXTIMA ( a company dedicated to manufacture sewing and stitching machines) facility to keep the activities confidential.





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Cool bikes. Why were they

Submitted by WalkingDead on 03/03/2009.

Cool bikes. Why were they built in the basement of a sewing machine company? What type of activities were they keeping confidential?

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All activities around the

Submitted by campafreak on 03/12/2009.

All activities around the manufacturing of special purpose bikes and componets (e.g. track and time trial, brakes , rims tires and spokes) was kept as confidential as possible. I belive that this has something to do protect the achievements they made in technology as long as possible. It was not known that they made 29" tubular tires for the time trail rear wheels to compensate partly the higher rolling resistance of the 24" and 26" front wheels and tires matching the rim width from 18mm till 22mm to reduce dead water turbulence and drag?

Please consider that a population of 17 million people got in total 94 Olympic medals in the summer Olympic 1976 in Montreal compare to 125 of the USSR and 95 of the USA.

Beside Technology the most kept secret was defiantly the athlete selection process and the medical support and treatments.

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