It was the Tin Can Ten that inspired me to ride a late \u201840\u2019 s vintage Schwinn Continental equipped with a Sturmey Archer FW in the fina l event of a local time trial series in 2006. I was pleasantly surprised t o record a time that was within a few seconds of the best time I achieved t hat season on a modern Cannondale. This led me to establish a personal tra dition of riding a vintage bike in the final event of the series each seaso n since. In 2007, I rode an early 1960\u2019s Viking Grand Tour to my b est time to date. I rode the Viking again this year but wouldn\u2019t b e surprised to see another internal hub bike make an appearance next year.
What I\u2019ve found most amazing about the Tin Can Ten is the success o f \u201cshoppers\u201d. Perhaps it\u2019s because I\u2019ve ne ver ridden one, but seeing the fastest time listed for 2005 (and one of the fastest times for any year) being set by a guy on a Hercules Shopper reall y astounds me. I understand that there are any number of technical explana tions as to why this should be perfectly normal, but it just doesn\u2019 t look right to me. Tiny wheels, drop bars????
Regards,
Alan
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> Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:57:32 -0700
> From: Bob Freitas <freitas1@pacbell.net>
> To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Subject: [CR]Whoops ,cant post a Word file to CR
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> Looks like the link I thought I was sending was actually
> a word file. Should anyone be in the UK with a Sturmey Archer equiped
> bike and not know about the Tin Can Ten Time Trial
> Try Peters Website (I think theres a link from CR) or
> email me and I will forward Peters original Email
>
> BOB FREITAS
> going to get WARM in
> MILL VALLEY, CA USA
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> Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 08:00:47 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
> From: "Marc St. Martin" <marc.stmartin@earthlink.net>
> To: Bob Freitas <freitas1@pacbell.net>,
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> Hi Bob, Listers,
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> Here's the site:
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> http://www.tincanten.com/
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> Pretty cool!
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> Marc St. Martin
> Livermore, CA
> USA
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Bob Freitas <freitas1@pacbell.net>
> >Sent: Jul 7, 2008 7:57 AM
> >To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> >Subject: [CR]Whoops ,cant post a Word file to CR
> >
> >
> > Looks like the link I thought I was sending was actually
> >a word file. Should anyone be in the UK with a Sturmey Archer equiped
> >bike and not know about the Tin Can Ten Time Trial
> > Try Peters Website (I think theres a link from CR) or
> >email me and I will forward Peters original Email
> >
> >BOB FREITAS
> > going to get WARM in
> >MILL VALLEY, CA USA