Re: [CR] Politics In Our Sport

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Campagnolo)

Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 19:40:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR] Politics In Our Sport
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <3B41096A_470F_48ED_B153_82B37E6B12FC@webmail.loadmail.load.com>


> ...Prior to the 1890's in Britain bicycling > was a upper class pursuit. When the knobs got > tired of it and turned to motoring cycling > became more universal and this is when the > politics started. > My own club the Clarion begun in February 1894. > Six young men in Birmingham met at the local > Labour Church...

No flame wars, please. We're all proper ladies and gentlemen here. Now... In the 1970s, didn't some elite British racers, presumably posessing left-of-center political beliefs, create an "alternative" sanctioning body so that they could senda British team to the Peace Race in Eastern Europe? Best regards, Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia

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