Spending so much of my time exploring this stuff in sepia tone, it's shocking to see it all in bright colors. I checked twice to make sure the film was really 1962! Very beautiful.
Aldo Ross Middletown, Ohio, USA
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From: "Charles T. Young" <youngc@ptd.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] 1962 TDF short film (w/ Team Mercier)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:06:36 -0400
> Vive le Tour, a short on the 1962 Tour de France, has made
> it to YouTube. I'll leave it the the better of eyesight to
> take off the equipment and, perhaps, makers of the bikes
> shown. Mercier, topic of recent conversation, is prominent
> as are other great teams and their riders of past years.
>
> http://cyclocosm.com/
>
> Would like to go out for a ride but, with 93 degree F air
> temperature, somewhat leery of ending up pedaling squares
> like the poor Ignis (?) rider who struggles and struggles
> before collapsing road side in the second reel.
>
> Charlie
>
> Charlie Young
> Honey Brook, Pennsylvania USA