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Henri Desgrange, first man to set the Hour Record in 1893 and founder of the Tour de France, total hipster.
He is also responsible for the quote “I still feel that variable gears are only for people over 45, isn’t it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailer? We are getting soft; as for me, give me a fixed gear!”