Hi Jim,
I used to ride at T-Town when I lived in Allentown, PA and have met Bob Rodale. While I can't be 100% sure, this frame looks way too big for Bob, who was a slightly built man about 5'10" or so.
Hope that helps...
John Lehoczky
Kansas City
> I thought some of you might recognize or be able to
> help me identify this
> track bike, which was given to me by Geoff Drake
> when he and I worked at
> Bicycling Magazine. Geoff told me that it had been
> Bob Rodale's bike and
> that it had been ridden on the Trexlertown track in
> PA (Bob Rodale purchased
> Bicycling Magazine and brought it to Rodale Press;
> he helped launch
> Trexlertown; and he was also the visionary that led
> his company for many
> years). I've posted pictures on my website at this
> link. (It's a large file
> and will load slowly on a dial-up):
> http://www.jimlangley.net/
>
> It looks like a nondescript track bicycle to me
> (frame threading is
> British), apart from the possible Rodale connection.
> Thank you for any help
> you can offer.
>
> Jim Langley
> Santa Cruz, CA
> "If you're in a hurry, ride a Murray
> If you want to win, ride a Schwinn!"
>
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