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David Martin
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On Aug 17, 9:10 am, Tony Raven <[email protected]> wrote:
> Roger Merriman wrote:
>
> > yup one of the old pubs in the gorge had old photos of folks who'd gone
> > for a ride, considering the contor lines in the area and the brakes etc
> > on older bikes, impressive.
>
> I wonder what that quint was like with two wheeled 1950's braking on
> steel rims downhill?
>
> Prolly a good job Hull is flat!
Look more carefully. It has no brakes. It probably has a fixed gear as
well. And if you read the article you will see that it was used on the
local cycle track. One would presume it was used as a pacer for
certain types of racing (motorcycles being unknown in 18xx)
I doubt they had to worry about riding downhill.
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> Roger Merriman wrote:
>
> > yup one of the old pubs in the gorge had old photos of folks who'd gone
> > for a ride, considering the contor lines in the area and the brakes etc
> > on older bikes, impressive.
>
> I wonder what that quint was like with two wheeled 1950's braking on
> steel rims downhill?
>
> Prolly a good job Hull is flat!
Look more carefully. It has no brakes. It probably has a fixed gear as
well. And if you read the article you will see that it was used on the
local cycle track. One would presume it was used as a pacer for
certain types of racing (motorcycles being unknown in 18xx)
I doubt they had to worry about riding downhill.
...d