Published September 12, 2010 05:06PM
While visiting Assos’ ‘manga.Yio showroom in Lugano, tech editor Zack Vestal had a chance to check out a carbon-fiber, aero-tubed track bike made by Assos founder Tony Maier in 1976.
The frame was well ahead of its time. While the Exxon Graphtek debuted in the U.S. in 1975, Maier’s bike used a different construction method and was radical in its use of aero-section frame tubes and a handlebar mounted to the fork crown.