Hell Yeah! Friday smiles...

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http://vimeo.com/martinlang/leretardo
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Shaft driven 'climbing' bikes.

A bike of the same vintage, today, with it's original owner

Train like a pro:

He's getting an early season lead out.

He starts with sheep, moves up to cows, then horses. By Milan San Remo he's red hot.

i like the markings on the dog.

A bike of the same vintage, today, with it's original owner

Explain this to me Luci. Is the tiny crank because it's a hill bike or am I missing some gearing genius somewhere...?

Explain this to me Luci. Is the tiny crank because it's a hill bike or am I missing some gearing genius somewhere...?

http://www.fusionstudios.com/hill-climber/Album/hill-climber%20bicycle_story.html

It's gear and shaft driven.

That shit is mind blowing! You could stop the world turning with one of those!

Falsest... teeth... ever!

Explain this to me Luci. Is the tiny crank because it's a hill bike or am I missing some gearing genius somewhere...?

That shit is mind blowing! You could stop the world turning with one of those!

[

    ](http://www.fusionstudios.com/hill-climber/OrginalPhotos/Original3.html)*As-found            bicycle gear detail, August 2003*. *The linkage that changes the 
      gears operates a clutch mechanism that allows the bevel gears to remain 
      meshed while operating in “free-wheel” mode, and in “working” mode when 
      engaged to the drive shaft. One lever moved forward or back controls the two 
      lower hill-climbing gears. When placed in neutral position, operating the
        second lever engages the level road gear.*

Still a valid concept today, to be fair. Simple but effective, and a great machine for chasing those high passes on on rough terrain. I rather fancy one!

A lovely girl, I'm sure, but even I would hesitate to pop my todger between those pearly whites.

Never trust anyone who shaves off large areas of facial hair only to draw it back on again.

Some great ones on PEZ this morning http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=9988&status=True&catname=Latest%20News

Photographer Paolo Ciaberta witnesses Aldo Gios re-building the legendary blue machine ridden to victory in the 1977 edition of Paris-Roubaix by Roger de Vlaeminck.

Fausto Coppi on the Stelvio. Il Campionissimo en route to taking the overall lead from Hugo Koblet in the 1953 Giro d’Italia. Coppi’s 1953 Giro triumph would be his fifth and final in the Corse Rosa. Found on Jered Gruber’s Flickr stream

Miguel Indurain at the 1995 Tour de France, from Numerius’ Flickr stream. Miguel would go on to take hold of the maillot jaune on stage 8 and hold it to the Champs-Élysées.

French housewives’ favourite Richard Virenque at the 1995 Tour de France from Numerius’ Flickr stream. He would carry the polka dot jersey to the Champs-Élysées.

Zdenek Stybar