Stuart Tallack wrote:
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> I am always diffident about offering my opinion as I am only a dabbler, but
> I have compared the pages in a 1910 Rudge catalogue for Aero-Special Path
> Racer and Aero-Special Speed Iron. The only real differences are brakes and
> tyres. The Path Racer has sprint tyres and no brakes while the Speed Iron has
> brakes and wired on tyres. In the descriptions, use on track for one and road for
> the other is confirmed. A BSA catalogue (in French) of a similar date gives
> the option of a coaster rear brake on its own or BSA brakes on the Modele
> Course de Route while the Modele Course sur Piste comes without brakes unless
> you order them specially.
> In all the chit-chat over the months and years over which period is the
> most elegant or attractive, has anyone pointed out that for sheer blood
> chilling excitement, a speed iron of the 1910 period takes the prize; standing
> still they appear to be flying.
> Stuart Tallack in West Sussex
Haven't seen a 1910 Rudge Aero-Special Speed Iron, Stuart, but ya gotta love the name "speed iron"... SPEED IRON!
Yeah!
Chuck "rode my Super today" Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California, USA
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