Re: Ken Bird

David Hansen said:

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:36:14 -0600 someone who may be "Edward Dolan"
<[email hidden]> wrote this:-

Quoted message said:

So he rode the Tour. So what. If he was modest about it he had it right. It
is something to be modest about. All this hoopla about the Tour is total
insanity. It is disgusting the way some cyclists carry on about the g.d.
Tour.

Making a few assumptions, in the days of the grandfather mentioned
by the other person it was not the mass media event it is now. There
were no backup vans full of bikes. Take a look at photographs of
people riding with spare inner tubes round their necks and imagine
what it was like.

One guy early on was disqualified after admitting that he got a child to
work the bellows while he fixed his forks at a smithy. No assistance was
allowed of any kind.

--
Keith Willoughby http://flat222.org/keith/
"Living in a jungle, living in a tent. Better than a prefab - no rent."

Keith Willoughby said:

One guy early on was disqualified after admitting that he got a child
to work the bellows while he fixed his forks at a smithy. No
assistance was allowed of any kind.

Eugene Christophe. He wasn't disqualified, just given an extra time
penalty to add to the time he'd spent walking 14k to the blacksmith,
then repairing his forks at the forge.

It was his name on the superb springy toe clips that dominated the
market for decades.

--
Dave...

in message <[email hidden]>,

dkahn400 (') said:

Keith Willoughby said:

One guy early on was disqualified after admitting that he got a child
to work the bellows while he fixed his forks at a smithy. No
assistance was allowed of any kind.

Eugene Christophe. He wasn't disqualified, just given an extra time
penalty to add to the time he'd spent walking 14k to the blacksmith,
then repairing his forks at the forge.

It was his name on the superb springy toe clips that dominated the
market for decades.

H'mmm! I still have a pair of those. Was it actually his firm, or did he
sell his name to someone?

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