Word: spokeless
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...equipment that seemed a bit crazy. An overflow crowd of 8,000 gaped at competitors wearing aerodynamic early-Darth Vader helmets and rubberized skinsuits that were banned in international cycling until 1981. The special U.S. bikes, developed at a cost of $1 million, feature relatively small front wheels and spokeless, solid rear ones made of Kevlar, the material used in bulletproof vests, which reduces air turbulence. The result: a 1-to 3-sec. saving per km. Said Chester Kyle, a professor of mechanical engineering who headed the bike-design team: "Cycling is the most technically sophisticated sport at the Games...
...Passaic, N. J. man is credited with the invention of a unicycle from which great results are expected. There is a screw loose in the instrument or else in the description, for it is described as a "spokeless wheel, inside of which two persons can sit" while propelling it through the medium of "intricate, but easy working machinery." The lucid description further states that there are two wheels, one inside the other, but as the outer wheel only rests on the ground the machine is called a unicycle. - T. F. and Farm...
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