[CR]Pic of the Day 25th August

Lousion Bobet and Ferdi Kubler at the 1950 Tour de France

Very large colour pics today, divided into three images.

Image #1 - Bobet and Kubler, with Kubler in the Yellow Jersey, near the end of the 1950 Tour de France.

http://www.birfield.com/modules/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album17&id=Bobet_Kubler_1950TdF&full=1

or

http://tinyurl.com/5xyuk

Image #2 - Very large detail image of Bobet. Note thorn catcher, "northern-style" handlebars. I think those are MAFAC brake levers. Are those MAFAC sidepulls?

http://www.birfield.com/modules/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album17&id=Bobet_1950TdF&full=1

or

http://tinyurl.com/69x27

Image #3 - Very large detail image of Kubler. Note sunglasses instead of goggles, full tape job on the brake levers, full-chrome fork.

http://www.birfield.com/modules/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album17&id=Kubler_1950TdF&full=1

or

http://tinyurl.com/55hfe

Aldo Ross
Blue Ball, Ohio