Re: [CR]Cycling in 1936 Berlin Olympics

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Falck)

From: <Philcycles@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 14:52:54 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]Cycling in 1936 Berlin Olympics
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 7/12/03 10:55:26 AM, mrndlmn@toad.net writes:
>I'm trying to track down information about the original owner of my
>Velox track bike. He is said to have used it in the 1936 Olympic games
>in Berlin. His name, written in india ink on the wooden wheel rims, is
>V. Zagroski.
>
>Can anyone point me to a source of Olympics cycling history which may
>have recorded the names of the participants? I suppose it's possible
>that Mr. Zagroski rode for Poland or the USSR, etc. rather than for the
>United States but it would have been very strange to do so astride a
>Drysdale bicycle.

I would think the IOC in Geneva would be your first step. Phil Brown Hot in San Rafael, Ca