Friday Filler

Re: Friday Filler

That's a trick question. It never happened. The race was supposedly won on wooden rims by Piltdown man. Well, we all know what happened after that. ;-)

Tommy

Re: Friday Filler

A LONG friggin time ago!

Re: Friday Filler

The second Tuesday of last week?

Would Ogg have been involved?

Bill, inquiring minds want to know....

When WAS the last time an Olympic cross-country ski event was won on all wooden skis? Clue me in with you answer, pretty please.

glc

Hint

Not quite as prehistoric as you might think. Wooden rims dominated the Tour de France for more than three decades.

Wooden rims remained the preferred choice for track racing for some time due to their light weight and strength (compared to the aluminum alloys of the day). They were finally outlawed in competition because the splinters were more dangerous than crumpled metal in a crash.

Re: Bill, inquiring minds want to know....

Sorry Gary. You had Googled and no-one else seemed interested at the time. Answer posted below (in the original thread)

Re: Friday Filler

1977?

Nope - Hint

Wood cored aluminum rims were still in use into the late '70s (I bought a pair in '76). But solid wood rims had dissapeared from road racing much earlier because they were not compatible with caliper brakes.

Aluminum rims were first introduced in 1934, but the first racers that used them painted them to look like wood because aluminum had not yet been approved for competition.

Answer

The year was 1938. The rider was Gino Bartali.