Re: [CR] Letter From Britain

(Example: Framebuilders:Jack Taylor)

From: "Ken Sanford" <kanford@comcast.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Letter From Britain
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 17:18:31 -0500


Chuck

I might add that I personally witnessed Mr Kohler riding a bike equipped with a derailler just yesterday! The bike itself was a Raleigh BTW. I marvelled at this of course and chastised him.

No derailler for me; I was riding fixed.

Ken


----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Schmidt
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [CR] Letter From Britain



> "kohl57@starpower.net" wrote:
> >
> > " Jack Rossiter of the Century CC was a
> > very famous cyclist's. He broke the Land's End to John of Groat's record in
> > 1929 riding a Raleigh fitted with a 3 speed Sturmey. This record is called
> > the End to End and is the Blue Ribband of all British distance records
> > (866miles). His record time was 2 days 13 hours 22 minutes. He used gears
> > of 59, 78 and 102 up to Carlisle where he lowered his ratios to 55, 72 and
> > 94 for the real tough part of this ride."
> >
> > Any of you "it's not a bike without a derailleur" like to comment on this?
> > Or was this Sturmey Archer 3-speed hub actually made by the Campagnolo
> > company secretly.
> >
> > Thanks Mick for reminding us when cyclists were real men and used hub gears.
> >
> > Peter Kohler, Sunday 50 per cent on derailleur, 50 per cent on SA FC
> > Washington DC USA
>
>
>
> Yeah, I'll comment Peter. Real men rode and still do ride fixed gear!
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, Southern California
>
> .