Re: [CR]Pic of the Day - Revolutionary Multiplicateur

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Pic of the Day - Revolutionary Multiplicateur
Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 15:39:14 -0700
To: CR RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


On May 5, 2007, at 2:09 PM, Aldo Ross wrote:
> Pic of the Day
> 6 May, 2007
>
> Seventy-One Years Ago...
>
> "An Invention Which Could Perhaps Revolutionize The World of the
> Cyclist"
>
> French stayer Henri Bréau poses with Raphaël Derossi's
> "Multiplicateur". Note the deep section front rim, plate clamped
> to the
> seattube and downtube, tape around the rear tire/rim. From "Le Miroir
> des Sports" No.312, 5 May 1926.
>
> http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/aldoross/pd/Multipli.JPG.html
>
> Aldo Ross
> Middletown, Ohio, USA

Add a third and fourth chainring on there and Henri would really have

something! Who needs a motorcycle to take pace from anyway?!

Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA USA
http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)