Tommy Godwin, who up until very recently held the record for the most miles
ridden in a year (75,065 in 1939) did all of that on a three-speed Raleigh.
You don’t need lots of gears to do great things on a bike.
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> On Jul 26, 2017, at 8:17 AM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Didn't Haldeman's bike (featured in a long ago Reader) have a 3 speed
> freewheel with no derailleurs?
>
> FWIW, when Tim came through ABQ, we did a ride on the nice Rio Grande bike
> path; 30 miles for me, but he added 10 or 15 more by riding to our trailhead
> meeting place from his hotel and back again.
>
> I had wanted to do the Tramway ride, but I was feeling too tired to do it in
> a 67" ("bailout") gear that day.
>
>> On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 3:52 AM, 'Tim' via RBW Owners Bunch
>> <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>> As far as non-custom Rivendells, I rode it on my Hilsen, and rode with
>> another rider on a Hilsen in France. And I know there are many, many more. I
>> just woke up but remember talking to a guy in NJ who rode it on his
>> Atlantis. Of course Lon Haldeman has ridden it on his custom Riv, which is a
>> fixed gear. There is a separate start time for "special" bikes, such as
>> tandems, recumbents, etc. There were even a group of riders in 2015 that
>> were on elliptical type "bikes", I think they're called elliptigos. I got
>> passed, on a damn hill, by two very fit, silver haired gentlemen on a
>> vintage tandem, leaving Loudeac.
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