Re: [CR]Pic of the Day 10th August - Stan Ockers World Champion 1955

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Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 21:43:35 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Pic of the Day 10th August - Stan Ockers World Champion 1955
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Aldo Ross wrote:
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> Stan Ockers (Belgium) wins the 1955 World Road Championships in Frascati, Italy. Note the Universal "Extra" calipers, tape wrapped around the brake levers almost their full length, two-cable rear derailleur (what kind is that?), new plastic bottles with flat (spoutless) snap-on lids (lid missing from bottle in his pocket), no chrome on his Elvé frameset, scalloped Titan handlebars, and bar plugs installed over the bar tape. From "Miroir-Sprint" No.481, 29th August 1955.
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> http://www.birfield.com/modules/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album17&id=StanOckers1955&full=1

Eddy Merckx told me that Stan Ockers was his boyhood hero (Eddy would have been around ten when Ockers won the Worlds).

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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