Don't you think the riders would want to get those spares off their shoulders as soon as they could? or did they leave them on to be "cool" for the photogs?
> Pic of the Day
\r?\n> 22 Feb 05
\r?\n> "Radio Pélissier"
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\r?\n> http://www.wooljersey.com/
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\r?\n> Tour de France, 1931. Stage 16, Gap-Grenoble. After the finish,
\r?\n> Charles Pélissier (right) speaks before the microphone of "Intran-
\r?\n> Match", while André Luducq (left) watches. From "Match l'Intran"
\r?\n> No.254, 21 July 1931.
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\r?\n> I assume the (scarf?) around the microphone frame is used to keep
\r?\n> the wind noise down when the vehicle is moving. They are probably
\r?\n> recording interviews, or could they transmit from here to the
\r?\n> radio truck, then on to the full-size transmitters? Any vintage
\r?\n> radio technicians out there? Gotta love the radio man dressed
\r?\n> like a bomber crewman!
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\r?\n> Aldo Ross
\r?\n> Blue Ball, Ohio