Re: [CR]Put Me Back On My Bike

Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:14:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Put Me Back On My Bike
To: "P.C. Kohler" <kohl57@starpower.net>, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <000c01c7c545$250469d0$51c7fea9@peter5ca78cb10>

Didn't Jan Janssen win the Tour on a PX-10? Pretty sure he was on the Peugeot team, and in 1968, I don't know what other model they would have used.

Regards,

Jerry Moos

"P.C. Kohler" <kohl57@starpower.net> wrote: Hopefully no need to remind fans Peugeot and also British road cycling of a sad anniversary today:

The 40th anniversary of the death of Tom Simpson on 13 July 1967 climbing Mt. Ventoux on Stage 13 of the Tour de France.

And, on a happier note,

The 40th anniversary (23 July) of Roger Pingeon winning the Tour for the French national team in Peugeot colours and on classic white PX-10... the first and only one of the record 10 TdF wins for Peugeot on this iconic model.

No doubt which of my machines I'll be riding today and over the weekend...

I've posted a few photos of Tom Simpson on my Wool Jersey site:

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/Peter-Kohler-Cycle-Collection/tom+sim pson/

And there is a tv kinoscope of his last 20 metres:

http://home-1.tiscali.nl/~edwinsel/video/simpson,tour,last%20meters.mpg

Peter Kohler
Washington DC USA