Again, my?readily available documents?show Tour riders still using the tubulars over the shoulders up to 1955, with some riders in 1953 and 1954 starting to put the tires under the saddle. It looks like from 1956? to about 1962 all riders seem to carry tires (except for TTs)?under the saddle?and after that pretty much tireless.?So, did the change occur because of the change in jerseys, or did the jerseys change in response to the change in fashion of?spare placement??I'm will do some additional research to see if I can find any info on this (and team support vehicles) but I'm going?to guess that a big part of the change was due to better roads, thus lighter (and more flexible) tires, and the ability to fold them smaller.?
Rex Gilmore Vienna, VA
-----Original Message----- From: Chris Kvale <chriskvalecycles@gmail.com> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 2:09 pm Subject: [CR] Jersey fashion and tubular over the shoulders
Dear CR historians--
Colin Laing's response to my question about collar vs. cuff fashion in jerseys neatly linked the collar to protection from chafing by the tubular over the shoulders, and immediately brought me to the next question I was going to pose: When and why did the practice of carrying the tubular over the shoulders change? Did a rule change allowing more support from following vehicles obviate the tire over the shoulder, and with no tire, did the collars just as quickly disappear?
Rex Gilmore noted lots of collars in l959 Tour de France photos, but few in l960. How about tires?
Chris Kvale
Minneapolis, MN USA