Edmond Polchlopek

French cyclist and bicycle designer
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Edmond Polchlopek
Personal information
Full nameEdmond Polchlopek
Born(1934-07-20)20 July 1934
Courseulles-sur-Mer, France
Died21 September 2004(2004-09-21) (aged 70)
Compiègne, France
Team information
DisciplineRoad
Professional teams
1961Margnat-Rochet-Dunlop
1962–1963Margnat-Paloma

Edmond Polchlopek (20 July 1934 – 21 September 2004) was a French road racing cyclist and a bicycle designer. The so-called Polchlopek crankset was the first elliptical chainring to be commercialized.

References

  • Edmond Polchlopek at Cycling Archives
  • L. Malfait, G. Storme, M. Derdeyn (2012) Non Circular Chainrings for Cycling


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