Aldo I would say that lump might be tape that is wrapped around the base of the saddle support. Some of them had not just a round clamp put a platform that seated on the top tube so you would tape it round and round......Ted? Edward Albert Chappaqua, New York, U.S.A.
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 5:28 PM, aldoross4 <aldoross4@siscom.net> wrote:
> What do you suppose the lump is on the top tube of the first
> bike, between the seat lug and the saddle prop?
>
>
> http://www.wooljersey.com/
>
> Aldo Ross
> Middletown, Ohio, USA
>
> ----- Original Message Follows -----
> From: Jan Heine <heine94@earthlink.net>
> To: ternst <ternst1@cox.net>, Dave Porter
> <frogeye@porterscustom.com>, 'Aldo Ross'
> <aldoross4@siscom.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Subject: Re: [CR] Pic of the Day - 1933 Crit=e9rium National
> d 'Hiver de Demi-Fond
> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:45:57 -0800
>
> > >1933 Crit=e9rium National d'Hiver de Demi-Fond
> > >
> >
> > >http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/aldoross/pd/CNdH33.JP
> > G.html >
> > >
> >
> > Comparing this 1933 photo with the image from the
> > mid-1950 in "The Competition Bicycle," it is
> > amazing how similar everything looks. The bikes
> > appear to be Bastides, just like they were in the
> > 1950s. (Bastide had closed his shop in 1936, but
> > stayers continued to ride old Bastides.)
> >
> > You can see the fork crown of the first and
> > second bikes clearly, and they look the same as
> > the newer Bastide bike in "The Competition
> > Bicycle." The BSA chainrings are like on the
> > older (1920s) stayer in our book, but the frames
> > are the more modern 1930s ones. The leather
> > helmets are the same, too, but the cap of the guy
> > holding up the first rider firmly puts the photo
> > in the pre-war times, doesn't it?
> >
> > Jan Heine
> > Editor
> > Bicycle Quarterly
> > 140 Lakeside Ave #C
> > Seattle WA 98122
> > http://www.vintagebicyclepress.com