He WAS walking,,, and we don't know what he was THINKING, I've got lots photos of old timers riding WSTB (did I make that up?) 35s.
But 23s or 35s, no matter. Racers were have always been sketchy ones to copy! G On Feb 27, 5:37 pm, Eric Norris <[email protected]> wrote: > I was looking at my Tour de France calendar and it occurred to me that the > February page can teach us something about tire choice in the Golden Age. > The photos at the link below are from the 1912 Tour. Remember that in those > days (as shown in the photo), much of the riding took place on unpaved roads > that sometimes degraded to goat paths in the high mountain passes. > > Nevertheless, the rider in the photo (walking his bike over a summit) appears > to be riding tires that are about the same width as a 700x28 -- maybe a > 700x32. I wonder why he didn't select a wider tire, given the atrocious > roads. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/35176895@N03/sets/72157626037266187/ > > --Eric > [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
