Re: [CR]Pic of the Day - Ted Ernst at the 1957 Chicago 6-Day

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From: "ternst" <ternst1@cox.net>
To: <dbilenkey@sympatico.ca>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Pic of the Day - Ted Ernst at the 1957 Chicago 6-Day
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:53:53 -0800
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Now you guys are getting tough! Believe it or not, I still had one wood rim wheel left that I was using. Its a small flange I think BSA tied and soldered Fairbanks / Boston V shape rim. Sorry, don't have it anymore and can't remember where it rollled off to. The bandage came from a previous race when I went over the stem after several riders went down in front of me. The gash in my inner thigh was big enough to put a fried egg yolk in and to this day the triangular scar and small tissue around it has no nerve feeling. All in day's riding, not that big a deal actually. Ted Ernst Palos Verdes Estates, CA


----- Original Message -----
From: David Bilenkey
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 8:29 PM
Subject: RE: [CR]Pic of the Day - Ted Ernst at the 1957 Chicago 6-Day



> Nice pic!
>
> What I want to know (besides the banking angle) is what Ted's front rim
> is.
> All the other rims in the pics are shiny, but Ted's front is dull. Why?
> Also
> his hubs seem different from the standard large flange hubs that can be
> seen
> on the other bikes. Are they something special?
>
> And lastly, how'd Ted come to need the bandage on the inside of his left
> thigh?
>
> David
> --
> David Bilenkey
> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
> dbilenkey@sympatico.ca
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
>> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Aldo Ross
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 10:37 PM
>> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>> Subject: [CR]Pic of the Day - Ted Ernst at the 1957 Chicago 6-Day
>>
>>
>> Pic of the Day
>> 11 January, 2005
>>
>> Ted Ernst at the 1957 Chicago 6
>>
>> http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/album17/1957_Chicago_6_Day
>>
>> Action from the 1957 Chicago 6-Day. From left to right: World Sprint
>> Champion John Tressider of Australia (#4), Dutchman Peter Post (#12),
>> our own Ted Ernst (#14), and Emile Gosselin of Belgium (#22).
>> Note how
>> Ted is gloving the wheel to slow into position after having
>> lapped the
>> field. Ted would go on to place 2nd overall with teammate Irv Peser,
>> behind Post and teammate Harm Smits. Picture kindly provided by Ted
>> Ernst.
>>
>> (click on pic for larger image)
>>
>>
>> Aldo Ross
>> Middletown, Ohio
>>
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