Steven,
Great story about Lovells' bike. I remember seeing Lovell at some of the track events at the Encino Velodrome back in the 70's if I recall correctly. Never saw that bike; but being a track puesuiter (of sorts) myself that sounds like pure genius! You guys keep comming up with stories like this and I'll never be finished "experimenting" with bikes. You're going to turn me into a regular Dr. Frakenstein! I suppose it could be worse; at least he's famous.
Brian (just came upstairs to make a sandwhich) Baylis
La Mesa, CA
>
> Lawrence,
>
> You don't write where you are writing from but I expect from Canada. Jocelyn
> Lovell was one of the premier Canadian riders of 70's and early 80's.
> Unfortunately, he was hit while out training and ended up confined to a
> wheelchair. There were a number of Lovell frames made in the 80's and from
> what I can recall they were quite nice. Except in Canada, he is probably not
> well-known, notwithstanding the fact that he was a world-class rider.
>
> An interesting anecdote that I remember from the 70's about Jocelyn had to
> do with a kilo event in track racing. He set up a bike with two chains,
> right and left, using a modified old two-sided hub. I can't recall exactly
> how it was done, but he effectively had a first low gear to get up to speed
> more quickly and then his other gear for the rest of the ride. He had the
> fastest start ever recorded at the event. The cog giving the higher gear was
> initially barely threaded onto the hub, meaning that it took a few turns of
> the cranks to get it to seat down and provide drive, just enough time to get
> started and up to speed. This allowed Jocelyn to use a larger gear than he
> would otherwise have been able to do. The start-up gear then became
> free-wheeling as the other larger gear didn't allow it to engage in drive.
>
> Steven Maasland
> Moorestown, NJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lawrence Kurtz <kurtzla@mcmaster.ca>
> To: bike <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 1:24 PM
> Subject: [CR]Anyone heard of Lovell Road bikes
>
> > I saw a Lovell road bike and was wondering whether this was a worthwhile
> > acquizition.
> >
> > LK
> >
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