Lightweight wheels
German made and widely used in the pro peloton for more than a decade, Lightweight wheels are now starting to hit the general market. Cyclingnews' Chief Online Editor Jeff Jones had a chance to test a pair for a few weeks, and gives us the lowdown on these fairly exclusive carbon hoops.
History
When describing the history of Lightweight and CarbonSports, the company avoids mentioning the names of the riders that have ridden its wheels to victory in the Tour de France, World Championships and other big races. But there are strategically placed photos of Mario Cipollini, Bjarne Riis and Jan Ullrich on the CarbonSports website, and company founder Heinz Obermayer has mentioned Johan Museeuw, Lance Armstrong, Marco Pantani, Stefano Garzelli, Joseba Beloki, Hanka Kupfernagel and more as riders who have used the wheels in races.
Lightweight wheels (for bikes) started off life in the late 1980's by two aerospace engineers, Rudolf Dierl and Heinz Obermayer, who had a considerable amount of expertise in composite materials. They produced everything in their small factory in Munich, Germany, and until 1994 only made disc wheels under the 'Ultec' name. The deep rimmed carbon wheels started in 1995, and since then have undergone only a few changes to their basic design. As the production process was necessarily slow, the waiting list was up to a year long and the price was the equivalent of 作者: dd88 时间: 2004-11-22 22:22
尝试节选翻译的第一篇文章,由于本人水平有限,让高手见笑了,不足之处望各位指教。作者: 小滔 时间: 2004-11-22 22:55
不错。