The first Tour de France took place in 1903. Geared bicycles weren't allowed until 1937 - the organisers thought they were for girly-boys. And they clearly do, since a mere three years after their introduction came the debacle of 1940.
B On 27 Aug 2013, at 02:14, Joseph McAllister <pentax...@mac.com> wrote: > It finally occurred to me why I never understood single speed "city bikes". > > The two cities I've lived for extended periods of time are San Francisco and > Seattle. > > Not "city bike" territory. > > > On Aug 26, 2013, at 16:08 , knarf wrote: > >> It's a road bike converted to a single speed city bike: >> >> http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/08/conversion.html?m=1 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.