Guys,
Check out this movie on Sigi Renz's homepage showing a six day race at
the famous Berlin Sportpalast sometime in the sixties or senventies.
A lot of hairnets here....
http://www.radsportsigirenz.de/
Michael Schmid Oberammergau Germany Tel.: +49 8821 798790 Fax.:+49 8821 798791 mail: schmid@zunterer.com http://www.zunterer.com
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] Im Auftrag von Ray Green Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. Februar 2007 16:48 An: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Betreff: [CR]Leather helmets
Tom wrote> Note that is was European professional riders who rode helmetless. The amateurs were required to wear helmets (hairnets). Also, the sudden donning of helmets for Paris-Roubaix may have had less to do with the cobbles and more to do with the requirement for pros to wear helmets when racing in Benlux countries. At least that's what I recall.< Helmets were first made obligatory for pros in Belgium in the