fwiw - He DOES have an empty water bottle holder.
John Barry
Mechanicsburg, PA
> the size and shape just seems to me to mesh almost
> exactly with period
> "gonfleurs" or CO2 inflators of the era - and i
> dunno about bobet, but id
> *much* rather carry my personal little pick-me-up in
> a nice ta ref:300
> flask in a jersey pocket, than have it down below my
> bottom bracket,
> collecting every manner of nasty road grime...
>
> theres a rebour drawing of koblets bike from that
> tdf with a "gonfleur" of
> very similar shape and size in an issue of "le
> cycliste" at home - ill try
> to scan it in this evening before poker night
> starts.
>
> -joel
>
> > My understanding is that Louison Bobet's second
> vile represents the
> > summertime racer's equivalent to riding with your
> Saint Bernard running,
> > or schussing along side, at the ready.
> >
> > JB Froke
> > Pebble Beach, CA
>
> --
> joel metz : magpie@blackbirdsf.org :
> http://www.blackbirdsf.org/
> bike messengers worldwide : ifbma :
> http://www.messengers.org/
> ==
> i know what innocence looks like - and it
> wasn't there,
> after she got that
> bicycle...
>
>
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