Tony Hoar lived here in Vancouver in the 1980s and was a fairly prominent figure in the local racing scene. He competed in veteran class and for a while ran a business building frames and selling bicycles and parts (Canadian Bicycle Specialists). He and his wife Gay Wise sponsored a women's racing team, of which my wife was a member in the early 1980s.
Brian Samson Vancouver, BC Canada
On 17-Apr-08, at 1:36 AM, grm1067@aol.com wrote:
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> The British TdF team for 1955 was a bit of a mixture.
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> It was called the Hercules team but the riders didn\u2019t all ride for H
> ercules.
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> Hence Ken Mitchell riding a \u201cWearwell\u201d bike and still wearin
> g his \u201cWearwell\u201d shorts.
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> I think it went \u2013
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> Fred Krebs \u2013 Hercules
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> Brian Robinson \u2013 Hercules
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> Tony Hoar \u2013 Hercules
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> Bob Maitland \u2013 Hercules
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> Dave Bedwell \u2013 Hercules
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> Bernard Pusey \u2013 Hercules
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> Ken Mitchell \u2013 Wearwell
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> Stan Jones \u2013 BSA
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> Ian Steel \u2013 Viking
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> Bev Wood \u2013 Viking
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