The talk of famous riders and their frames made me wonder . . . does anyone know what Art Longsjo, the great racer from Fitchburg, Massachusetts rode in the mid-50s? I think he raced from 1953 until 1956, when he died in a car wreck at the age of 26. (What I've read of him reminds me of Harry Agganis, another Massachusetts boy who played first base for the Red Sox a year or so, but died in July '55 at the age of 25.)
Anyway, in the little I've read of Art Longsjo, I haven't come across anything relating to what bikes he rode. It'd be interesting to find out.
Nath Dresser