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Nah. That would make sense, which is probably why it's incorrect.Drop Handle
Oh bugger it's time for a real history lesson from "grandma", ok a long time ago there was a ski equipment designer who branched out into cycling handle bars, his name Ed Scott, the company got it's name from him. . When Lemond beat Hinault in 1989 he was using them. Prior to that breakout moment his bars had been used by multiple Ironman and triathlon champions for a number of years and he called those tri-bars the DH bar. It kinda became generic here in Japan for all tri-bars regardless of manufacturer. They were very popular with flat track heroes when they had following winds. Here is what they looked like, That's a Kestrel frame they are on. Probably one of the first monocoque frames to be mass produced.Nah. That would make sense, which is probably why it's incorrect.
a real history lesson
To support my case - with the best of intentions, with all due respect for my learned friend, and in full recognition of the inherent limitations of my own internet research (relevant XKCD) - I offer a citation (in Japanese, which is what the OQ was about)."DownHill"
Not because they're used for riding downhill, but because you're so 'æro' that you feel like you're going downhill. Apparently.
Oh bugger it's time for a real history lesson from "grandma", ok a long time ago there was a ski equipment designer who branched out into cycling handle bars, his name Ed Scott, the company got it's name from him. . When Lemond beat Hinault in 1989 he was using them.
Not because they're used for riding downhill, but because you're so 'æro' that you look like you're skiing downhill.
Thanks. I knew I'd get it wrong. Dementia perhaps.Sorry to be pedantic but Hinault retired in 1986. It was Fignon that Lemond beat in 2 TTs in the 1989 Tour de France
in my alternative history yes.That's really interesting. Thank you. So 'DH' stands for... "Defeated Hinault"?
Which brings us back to Mr Ed Scott a ski gear manufacturer, I wonder where he got the inspiration to call them DH.Not because they're used for riding downhill, but because you're so 'æro' that you look like you're skiing downhill.