OldTel
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Hi, Worth a half hour of any one's time, http://velosvintage.over-blog.com/artic ... 79381.html Terry
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Wow no mech until 1939.
Thanks for posting.
Do I spot mudguard eyelets even in the late 60s? Pump pegs too; presume this means one bike was doing it all for training to racing. Clearly shows the absolute minute evolution of the road-bike - back to the 40s the form, function and gear is all easily recognizable by today's standards.
Do I spot mudguard eyelets even in the late 60s? Pump pegs too; presume this means one bike was doing it all for training to racing. Clearly shows the absolute minute evolution of the road-bike - back to the 40s the form, function and gear is all easily recognizable by today's standards.
Ralph_the_Rohan
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A lot of the bike pics look to have been lifted from this site...
http://www.mannabicycle.com/
So if you want to see more detailed pics of a particular bike and the kit fitted to it have a look on the above site.
Steve.
http://www.mannabicycle.com/
So if you want to see more detailed pics of a particular bike and the kit fitted to it have a look on the above site.
Steve.
Ralph_the_Rohan":1sx377hi said:
This explains why some of the bike portraits were clearly a different size from the action shots.
Still I spent more than a half hour on this one.
The bike that stood out for me was Gino Bartali's Legnano because it was the first to really look like a modern racing bike.
The Bartali bike is showing a Campagnolo sport single roller that is 1952 earliest. We know Bartali was using the cambio Corsa .
Several Simplex Tour de france gears upside down.
The Jean Robic bike would have been about 6 inches too big.
Interesting set though, see how much earlier the French were using Bowden cable brakes than us.
Several Simplex Tour de france gears upside down.
The Jean Robic bike would have been about 6 inches too big.
Interesting set though, see how much earlier the French were using Bowden cable brakes than us.
