Yet Another Cycling Forum
Random Musings => Gallery => Topic started by: clarion on 16 March, 2012, 03:14:10 pm
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Sat in the doctor's waiting room, I was leafing through Surrey Life (as you do). There was an article about sport in the county, with plenty of cycling photos, since the starting point was the Olympic Road Race route.
I only had my phone with me, so the photos aren't great, I'm afraid, but I thought I'd share.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/IMAG0316.jpg)
& caption
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/IMAG0318.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/IMAG0317.jpg)
Olympic torch 1948
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/IMAG0319.jpg)
Can't tell if these are bicycles or speedway motorbikes, and they weren't mentioned in the text of the article.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/IMAG0320.jpg)
Caption (middle of text)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/IMAG0321.jpg)
EDIT: Just Googllld Runfold Hellcats, and found they are in fact a cycle speedway team :thumbsup:
Here's more (http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/themes/subjects/sports/cycle_speedway), including a better rendition of that photo.
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which one is your goodself?
;)
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I like the arrangement of solo, tandem, triplet outside the pub.
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I like the arrangement of solo, tandem, triplet outside the pub.
I like the chain cases on the tandem and triplet. :D
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The triplet's chain case is really rather impressive, isn't it.
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Sat in the doctor's waiting room, I was leafing through Surrey Life (as you do).
I was sat in a doctor's waiting room too this morning. I didn't bother taking photos of the ancient copy of Women's Weekly I was reading though :P
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There was a Northern Echo with some nice walks and photos of Teesdale in when I was waiting for my MRI yesterday.
I didn't photograph them either.
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The triplet's chain case is really rather impressive, isn't it.
I wonder how Mr Leg-bandage feels about 3 stone of chain case on FNRttCs? ;D
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Sat in the doctor's waiting room, I was leafing through Surrey Life (as you do). There was an article about sport in the county, with plenty of cycling photos, since the starting point was the Olympic Road Race route.
I was in the Luton & Dunstable Hospital the other month and they had a 30 year old copy of Country Life, which I though was bad enough, but the age of your waiting room's magazines clearly qualify for museum status. :thumbsup:
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I like the arrangement of solo, tandem, triplet outside the pub.
I like the chain cases on the tandem and triplet. :D
Judging by the age of the photo, I wonder how the admiralty thought about the resulting steel shortage for their Dreadnoughts!
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Can we keep this thread going please and just post as and when we come across an old photo. Interested in history of cycling and seems a good opportunity to pool knowledge.
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There are some wonderful old photos on the CTC Devon site (http://www.ctcdevon.co.uk/). It's frames so you'll have to find photos in the sidebar menu and then scroll quickly to the bottom and "Devon DA's History".
[Yes, I know - comments on the photos only, please].
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Saw this recently image posted at this url http://www.hoylakejunction.com/friday-photo-111216 (http://www.hoylakejunction.com/friday-photo-111216) and thought it may be of some interest.
(http://www.hoylakejunction.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/hoylake-cycling-club-large.jpg)
If anyone can put an approximate date to the image it would be useful.
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I think I recognise Drew Buck on the left.
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There are some wonderful old photos on the CTC Devon site (http://www.ctcdevon.co.uk/). It's frames so you'll have to find photos in the sidebar menu and then scroll quickly to the bottom and "Devon DA's History".
[Yes, I know - comments on the photos only, please].
(http://www.ctcdevon.co.uk/historypix/groupstreet56_big.jpg)
I like the runner chasing them down the middle of the road.
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Not everyone could afford a bike in those days.
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He can keep up with the cyclists because he smokes Woodbines.
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There are all of
two three cars in that shot
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Lovely photos!
I've picked up some postcards lately. I must photograph them & post up here...
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I think I recognise Drew Buck on the left.
Ian on the Hoylake photograph?
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(http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/600248_10150989643628874_891433020_n.jpg)
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(http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/166080_10150985139518874_615094109_n.jpg)
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(http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/538318_10150989653958874_977843856_n.jpg)
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This thread is useless without words.
WW, is the bottom one Super-Mario?
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yes that is super mario :thumbsup:
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(http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/601295_10150987460033874_1756656189_n.jpg)
Reminds me of the start of the Cotswold Corker.
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But no Woodbines!
Great photos though. I especially like the one which I presume is Paris-Roubaix, but they're all good.
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I'm guessing Fleche Wallonne
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It's Koppenberg in Tour de Flandres.
Here is another good one from it :
(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b231/gus69/theKoppenberg.jpg)
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That's another great photo.^
But I was talking about this one:
(http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/166080_10150985139518874_615094109_n.jpg)
I've no idea who the rider is, btw. I dare say that deserves a :-[
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sorry about the lack of words they are from friend on facebook who sent them to me apart from that being super mario I am unsure of any of the other riders and time /place etc obviously 2 of them are from the spring classics but which ones to be exact are your guess as good as mine ?
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It's Koppenberg in Tour de Flandres.
Here is another good one from it :
(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b231/gus69/theKoppenberg.jpg)
thanks guss :thumbsup:
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That's another great photo.^
But I was talking about this one:
(http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/166080_10150985139518874_615094109_n.jpg)
I've no idea who the rider is, btw. I dare say that deserves a :-[
A search on the web and I found the picture. It's Roger de Vlaeminck in Paris Roubaix. It must be taken between 1973-1977 when he rode on the Brooklyn team.
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I think I recognise Drew Buck on the left.
Ian on the Hoylake photograph?
Yes...but...
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Thanks, Gus. Yes, I've actually heard of him!
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(http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/564145_10151013466133874_476761240_n.jpg) I do not know the year I am sure that is hinnault giving some protesters who were trying to stop the race a lesson in right hooks
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I think I recognise Drew Buck on the left.
Ian on the Hoylake photograph?
Yes...but...
go on, you cannot leave it hanging..............
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(http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/564145_10151013466133874_476761240_n.jpg) I do not know the year I am sure that is hinnault giving some protesters who were trying to stop the race a lesson in right hooks
Certainly looks like Hinault; he rode for that team which was a health-food company, I think. I remember there was some kind of protest but Hinault's reaction looks pretty extreme;you could kill someone with a bare-knuckle punch like that and he certainly doesn't look as if he was doing it in self-defence. Do you know what happened?
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It was the "La Vie Claire" team.
http://inrng.com/2012/03/the-story-of-the-hinault-photo/
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thanks for the link philip brilliant find :thumbsup: hinault did not hesitate to throw the first punch :D
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Phil Anderson is the Panasonic rider.
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I think I recognise Drew Buck on the left.
Ian on the Hoylake photograph?
Yes...but...
go on, you cannot leave it hanging..............
(it was a joke. Even Drew isn't that old, though some of his bikes are)
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(http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/306669_10151015837968874_179640156_n.jpg) classic castelli they do not make ads like this anymore ;D
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(http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/306669_10151015837968874_179640156_n.jpg) classic castelli they do not make ads like this anymore ;D
Well she certainly popped his cork.! :facepalm:
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I think I recognise Drew Buck on the left.
Ian on the Hoylake photograph?
Yes...but...
go on, you cannot leave it hanging..............
(it was a joke. Even Drew isn't that old, though some of his bikes are)
:)
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(http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/564145_10151013466133874_476761240_n.jpg) I do not know the year I am sure that is hinnault giving some protesters who were trying to stop the race a lesson in right hooks
1984 Paris-Nice. [nerd] The Safir rider in the background is Ronny Van Holen [/nerd]
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^Possibly a rare occasion when the riders might have benefited from helmets! :D
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^Possibly a rare occasion when the riders spectators might have benefited from helmets! :D
FTFY ;D
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(http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/199215_10151146399868874_1834870211_n.jpg)
1984 PARIS / ROUBAIX am I right in thinking that the first rider has bar end shifters ?
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Yup, both of them. Common with sprinters because they could change gears with their hands on the bars in a tight bunch. Useful in cobbled classics too. There was life before STI-power brake levers.
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Do I remember correctly that the disadvantage was that your rival could reach over and change your gears for you?
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Yes, it was harder to upshift an opponent with downtube levers.
Not sure how much of a problem that was in real life. I remember an early adopter of STI levers complaining that a particularly crowded sprint resulting in been downshifted while trying to get past somebody's bars. I suspect that was an excuse for not winning as that doesn't seem to be much of a problem nowadays.
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Do I remember correctly that the disadvantage was that your rival could reach over and change your gears for you?
Yes, it was harder to upshift an opponent with downtube levers.
Bar end or downtube, changing gear unexpectedly for your clubmate was all part of the fun and games on clubruns in the 60s/70s. I do recall a ride where one chap who had broken his collar bone so could not move his arm a great deal; he would drop back through the bunch to ask some trusted friend to change gear for him.
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The classic:
(http://bicycle-gifts.com/jpg/q45.jpg)
... and our attempt to recreate it ...
(http://audax.lvis.org.uk/Canvas.jpg)
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Good work :thumbsup:
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The goggles are awesome. Want.
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(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7073/7315941800_15992ef412_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/7315941800/)
PT_070 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/7315941800/) by davidmamartin (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidmam/), on Flickr
This one features a member of this parish. Whose name I happened to espy on a number of club trophies this last week. (50, 100 and BAR)
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David, the Zodiac makes it about late 60s. Does it feature George?
edit: or Windy? I'm not sure how old windy is!
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The HC Viva estate plants it firmly in the 70s . . .
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Could be; I wasn't sure if it might be an Avenger and didn't check. But I toured Germany in a friend's Zodiac in the late 60s, so went for that. It's probably still running!)
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There's a Viva estate parked opposite TGL's college, so that photo might be from 2012! ;)
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I came across this pic I'd saved. A quick google, and I couldnt find it. Excuse the crappy quality.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/8001124549_6b8f1d211f_b.jpg)
Link (http://www.flickr.com/photos/24775321@N02/8001124549/in/photostream)
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What's really odd about that is not that he was fixing his own punctures in what I presume was 1984(?) but that the race seems to be taking place at night. :o
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1990. The story went that someone in the crowd eventually gave him their own wheel. It might have been that stage where they pulled all his team mates out of the peleton to wait for him.
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Sg, I had a look through the other pictures in your set. It's a good collection; I particularly liked the black and white snow scenes and the Robert Frost!
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What's really odd about that is not that he was fixing his own punctures in what I presume was 1984(?) but that the race seems to be taking place at night. :o
No, what's odd is where does he think he's going to get another tub from?
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David, the Zodiac makes it about late 60s. Does it feature George?
edit: or Windy? I'm not sure how old windy is!
70's. Neither George nor Windy, but George's sometime tandem partner Phil. I believe this is the Tour of the Grampians and the reason the road is so poor is because it was one long set of roadworks during resurfacing.
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Thanks, David. It's incredibly atmospheric.
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What's really odd about that is not that he was fixing his own punctures in what I presume was 1984(?) but that the race seems to be taking place at night. :o
No, what's odd is where does he think he's going to get another tub from?
It's on the ground behind the wheel.
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Today's National Library of Ireland flickr photo is rather splendid.
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2834/11833296283_4749986745_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/11833296283/)
On a bicycle made for three (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/11833296283/) by National Library of Ireland on The Commons (http://www.flickr.com/people/nlireland/), on Flickr
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David, the Zodiac makes it about late 60s. Does it feature George?
edit: or Windy? I'm not sure how old windy is!
70's. Neither George nor Windy, but George's sometime tandem partner Phil. I believe this is the Tour of the Grampians and the reason the road is so poor is because it was one long set of roadworks during resurfacing.
This was the the third stage of the 1971 Tour of Grampians Milk Race - (sponsors were Aberdeen Milk Marketing Board) it went from Ballater to Huntly over the Lecht and the Cabrach. There was something like 30 riders had flats and there weren't enough spare wheels to go round.
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One from the Museum of London:
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2918/14178624507_ded7caa3a8_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nAVa6e)P6064930 (https://flic.kr/p/nAVa6e) by TJ Clarion (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr
Although it's a bit hard to see, as I was shooting in low light, the only thing moving fast enough to have motion blur in the photo is, of course,the bike
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Today's National Library of Ireland flickr photo is rather splendid.
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2834/11833296283_4749986745_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/11833296283/)
On a bicycle made for three (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/11833296283/) by National Library of Ireland on The Commons (http://www.flickr.com/people/nlireland/), on Flickr
The quality of that photo is something else.
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One from the Museum of London:
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2918/14178624507_ded7caa3a8_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nAVa6e)P6064930 (https://flic.kr/p/nAVa6e) by TJ Clarion (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr
Although it's a bit hard to see, as I was shooting in low light, the only thing moving fast enough to have motion blur in the photo is, of course,the bike
Early evidence of the American industrial invasion: Goodrich and - that is a Domino's Pizza sign on the horse waggon, isn't it? :D
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DGprdPBXcAAw5mf.jpg)
Seen on Twitter , a firefighters bike.
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DGprdPBXcAAw5mf.jpg)
Seen on Twitter , a firefighters bike.
Nah..just emergency Rim-Tape.
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Nowadays a crow bar in a holster like that would see a very different use entirely.
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Today's National Library of Ireland flickr photo is rather splendid.
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2834/11833296283_4749986745_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/11833296283/)
On a bicycle made for three (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/11833296283/) by National Library of Ireland on The Commons (http://www.flickr.com/people/nlireland/), on Flickr
Splendid photo, indeed, but two details struck me:
1) The front chain is a bit slack,
2) Judging by the huge chainring, the machine was probably designed to ride at incredible speed!