What years are those pics from? The rider drinking the beer is epic!
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I think so—yeah.
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Aspirational
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The Wright brothers were bicycle mechanics
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I believe that I read that ball bearings were developed for bicycles.
It went from dragging stuff to to the wheel to bicycles to WWIII.
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Every pace can be a party pace.
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The early races were completely self supported. Riders fixed their own bikes, carried their own water, and stopped to eat at cafes on the route. They also used performance enhancing drugs like cocaine. Pretty X!!
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Definitely used to be.
Rynyann on
Oh, the old tour for sure.
Kinda bums me out how lame road cycling is now
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So tdf used to actually be cool?
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Obviously, the level of athleticism has risen, but I wonder if I were back in that day and I had one of those bikes if I could keep up with them.
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What years are those pics from? The rider drinking the beer is epic!
I think so—yeah.
Aspirational
The Wright brothers were bicycle mechanics
I believe that I read that ball bearings were developed for bicycles.
It went from dragging stuff to to the wheel to bicycles to WWIII.
Every pace can be a party pace.
The early races were completely self supported. Riders fixed their own bikes, carried their own water, and stopped to eat at cafes on the route. They also used performance enhancing drugs like cocaine. Pretty X!!
Definitely used to be.
Oh, the old tour for sure.
Kinda bums me out how lame road cycling is now
So tdf used to actually be cool?
Obviously, the level of athleticism has risen, but I wonder if I were back in that day and I had one of those bikes if I could keep up with them.
All biking was xbiking until the mid ’60s
That mustache looks pretty xbiking…
When men were men,,, and women were men.
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