For the Tour-history aficionados out there, there is some video (maybe 5 minutes worth) of the 1954 tour (with a scratchy sound track in French) at www.lemonde.fr. (Page down, then click on "video," in the column on the right, "L'été 1954 en video." It's a Pathé newsreel, covering August 5-8 of that year, and covers other subjects as well.)
The sound quality makes it a bit difficult to understand, but OTOH there isn't that much historical Tour footage out there, so perhaps some will be interested in this. (Always amusing to see the riders carrying spare tubes slung over the shoulders like bandoliers...)
For the Tour-history aficionados out there, there is some video (maybe 5 minutes worth) of the 1954 tour (with a scratchy sound track in French) at www.lemonde.fr. (Page down, then click on "video," in the column on the right, "L'été 1954 en video." It's a Pathé newsreel, covering August 5-8 of that year, and covers other subjects as well.)
The sound quality makes it a bit difficult to understand, but OTOH there isn't that much historical Tour footage out there, so perhaps some will be interested in this. (Always amusing to see the riders carrying spare tubes slung over the shoulders like bandoliers...)
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I only understand about every 20th word of French, but it was still pretty neat to watch.
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For the Tour-history aficionados out there, there is some video (maybe 5 minutes worth) of the 1954 tour (with a scratchy sound track in French) at www.lemonde.fr. (Page down, then click on "video," in the column on the right, "L'été 1954 en video." It's a Pathé newsreel, covering August 5-8 of that year, and covers other subjects as well.)
The sound quality makes it a bit difficult to understand, but OTOH there isn't that much historical Tour footage out there, so perhaps some will be interested in this. (Always amusing to see the riders carrying spare tubes slung over the shoulders like bandoliers...)
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(Always amusing to see the riders carrying spare tubes slung over the shoulders like bandoliers...)
Yes, that was interesting. But I have a few questions, if anybody has answers: Some had spare tubes, some didn't. Anybody know why? Domestiques? Riders who already flatted? How fast could these guys change a flat? When did this stop being necessary?
I didn't view this clip, but I suspect that what you saw were tubular tires, not inner tubes.
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(Always amusing to see the riders carrying spare tubes slung over the shoulders like bandoliers...)
Yes, that was interesting. But I have a few questions, if anybody has answers: Some had spare tubes, some didn't. Anybody know why? Domestiques? Riders who already flatted? How fast could these guys change a flat? When did this stop being necessary?
I didn't view this clip, but I suspect that what you saw were tubular tires, not inner tubes.
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(Always amusing to see the riders carrying spare tubes slung over the shoulders like bandoliers...)
Yes, that was interesting. But I have a few questions, if anybody has answers: Some had spare tubes, some didn't. Anybody know why? Domestiques? Riders who already flatted? How fast could these guys change a flat? When did this stop being necessary?
So then what happens in case of a flat? Can tubular tires be switched really quickly? (I don't know how they actually function, compared with ordinary tube-and-tire setups.)
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I didn't view this clip, but I suspect that what you saw were tubular tires, not inner tubes.
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> (Always amusing to see the riders carrying spare >tubes slung over the shoulders like bandoliers...) >
Yes, that was interesting. But I have a few questions, if anybody has answers: Some had spare tubes, some didn't. Anybody know why? Domestiques?
Riders who
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already flatted? How fast could these guys change a flat? When did this stop being necessary?
So then what happens in case of a flat? Can tubular tires be switched really quickly? (I don't know how they actually function, compared with ordinary tube-and-tire setups.)
Enlightenment appreciated!
One and a half minute for a front wheel, two minutes for a back wheel. In the time of the butterfly nuts (until 1948-49) 30 seconds more. Of course they needed a lot of practice to so it so quickly.
