Re: [CR]Pic of the Day 15th November

Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 19:43:05 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Pic of the Day 15th November
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Aldo Ross wrote:
> Pic of the Day
> 15th November
> Vanderstuyft at the Moulin-Rouge
>
> http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/album17/vanderstuyft
>
> In 1928, Belgian rider Leon Vanderstuyft set a new World Motorpaced Hour Record of 122.771 kilometers, after which he and his pacer made a number of public appearances. One such celebrity appearance was a performance at the famous "Moulin-Rouge", where he and his pacer acted-out a competition against a (backdrop) railway engine. The act was extremely popular.
>
>>From "Le Miroir des Sports" No.479, 23 April 1929.

Check out the chainring on that bike!

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA