What great photography for 1936! These guys are really booking, yet the image is quite crisp. What's up with the half-fender on the front of Speicher's bike? Is it part of a split fender that they didn't bother to remove, or were these used to reduce the road grime on the front brake?
Now here's a question. What component on Speicher's bike was still available for retail sale, in virtually identical form, 40 years later (avoiding the obvious, like cables, spokes and bearings)?
Steve Barner, Bolton, Vermont
> Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 22:02:21 -0500
\r?\n> From: "Aldo Ross" <aldoross4@siscom.net>
\r?\n> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
\r?\n> Subject: [CR]Pic of the Day 9th Jan 05
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\r?\n> Pic of the Day
\r?\n> 9th Jan 2005
\r?\n> Georges Speicher at Paris-Roubaix 1936
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\r?\n> French National Champion Georges Speicher (Alcyon) on his way to =
\r?\n> "winning" the 1936 Paris-Roubaix. The judges awarded him the win in a =
\r?\n> close sprint against Belgium's Romain Maes, but photos would prove that =
\r?\n> Maes had actually beaten Speicher by half a wheel. The other rider =
\r?\n> visible in this image is Speicher's teammate Romain Gijssels. From =
\r?\n> "Match l'Intransigeant" No.509, 14 April 1936.
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\r?\n> Aldo Ross
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