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As pointed out earlier, this bike ran into something pretty solid, like a car. I have seen this many times. A front wheel is very strong if the hit is straight on, the fork blades will bend evenly just like this one. The top oval part of the fork blade is stronger so the fork bends where...
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The saga continues. Maggie Thompson (Formally Gordon Smith.) Posted a lengthy and interesting comment on my blog post here: http://davesbikeblog.squarespace.com/bl ... -bike.html
She also emailed me and sent the original picture that had been used in the 1976 "Cycling" article, with her...
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Great picture. That line she is riding on is called the Pursuiter's Line, above that line you are riding extra distance, just below it you are disqualified. In fact there are sandbags placed just below to stop you riding there. (See Picture.) You can't hold that line any closer than...
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Martin,
Your email did go into my spam folder for whatever reason, but I recovered it. The frame number confirms that it is indeed the same bike pictured in the 1976 cycling article http://www.davemoultonregistry.com/pdf/ ... _Nov76.pdf
The bike was built for Margaret (Maggie) Gordon Smith...
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Martin,
The thought occurred to me that this might be the same bike mentioned in the article. But I don't want to jump to conclusions. I didn't get your email yet, so if you could send it again I would be much obliged.
Thanks,
Dave
So glad you rescued this. This is Dave Moulton. I still have my original frame numbers record book for frames built in the UK, email me with the frame number davesbikeblog[AT]gmail.com BTW I left California in 1994, I now live in South Carolina.
An article I wrote in Cycling 1976 was mentioned...