He WAS walking,,, and we don't know what he was THINKING,
I've got lots photos of old timers riding WSTB (did I make that up?)
35s.
But 23s or 35s, no matter. Racers were have always been sketchy ones
to copy!
G
On Feb 27, 5:37 pm, Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com wrote:
I was looking at my
In the 1860's they knew that the *real* secrets to comfort and speed
are wrought-iron frames and steel tires. This 'vulcanized rubber'
stuff is just marketing hype
http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/46/4609/QKZFG00Z.jpg
http://www.copakeauction.com/bicycles/2003-bicycles/046.jpg
On Feb
Well, we can't tell *exactly* what he's thinking-- but I think we've
all seen that look on his face once or twice in our lives. It's
the look that says: dang, why is the fork crown so narrow on this
thing.
The guy behind him is clearly jonesing for Schwalbe marathons to come
out (he
Did they even have fat tires for bikes in 1912? Did clincher rims
exist? I always thought the fat tire age was essentially ushered in
by the Pre-WWII Frank Schwinn designs, Elgins, Hawthornes, etc...)
Those early Tour riders were indeed a brave (if not totally insane)
breed for sure... But
I was curious about this myself, and found this link (among others,
but this summary seems well put-together):
http://www.everybicycletire.com/Encyclopedia/History.asp
-Matt
On Feb 28, 11:53 am, Montclair BobbyB montclairbob...@gmail.com
wrote:
Did they even have fat tires for bikes in 1912?
The bike does not have much clearnce at the top of the fork is one
reason He couldn't get a bigger tire on that machine
Second, it is a fixed gear bike and is probably made out of rather
heavy plane guage tubing. Thus weight may have been a factor since
bikes back then typically used steel
Let's see what we can deduce from the entire photo. The road looks
very smooth to me. It definitely isn't a goat path, and it isn't
atrocious. Based on the photo, it's darn near smooth. There is an
automobile immediately behind the cyclists, so the road can
accommodate an automobile. Another
Everyone knows that people were tougher back then.
On Feb 27, 7:37 pm, Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com wrote:
I was looking at my Tour de France calendar and it occurred to me that the
February page can teach us something about tire choice in the Golden Age.
The photos at the link below are
