Just poking around the old intertubes, and ended up reading about Tommy Godwin, who set the still-unbroken record for most miles ridden in a year (75,065), way back in 1939!
Tommy’s bike was a 35-pound steel Raleigh, equipped with a then-state-of-the-art Sturmey Archer 4-speed hub. There are a number of photos of Tommy and his bike on the Tommy Godwin tribute web site (www.tommygodwin.com <http://www.tommygodwin.com/>), and I was struck how much his bike resembles my 1972 Motobecane,* also equipped with a Sturmey Archer hub (3-speed). Here’s a side-by-side comparison: https://flic.kr/p/pVjx8c <https://flic.kr/p/pVjx8c> Tommy’s accomplishment, which has stood for 75 years and may never be beaten, shows how much can be done a “primitive” bicycle. I’m inspired to take the Motobecane out for a ride. * Formerly Patrick Moore’s —Eric N campyonly...@me.com www.campyonly.com www.wheelsnorth.org Blog: http://campyonlyguy.blogspot.com Twitter: @campyonlyguy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
