[CR]Question on Bike Part Seen in Bartali Museum Picture

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From: <marcus.e.helman@gm.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 10:27:10 -0500
Subject: [CR]Question on Bike Part Seen in Bartali Museum Picture

Hard to resist making the cheap joke about flatulence and jet propulsion.

Marcus Helman Huntington Woods, MI

Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 09:45:48 -0500 From: loudeeter@aol.com To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]Question on Bike Part Seen in Bartali Museum Picture Message-ID: <8C7AE9C6A2C838C-1DBC-55DD@MBLK-M18.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: list Message: 15

http://www.ciclomuseo-bartali.it/testi/biciclette/biciclettapista.htm

Can anyone tell me the purpose of the hollow tube extending backwards below the saddle on this bike? Looks like a perfect place to put a wine bottle cork!! Lou Deeter, Orlando FL