time trial bikes?!
May. 14th, 2009 09:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walkitouthttp://www.theracingbicycle.com/Early_History.html
Specifically, look at the fotos:
http://www.theracingbicycle.com/images/Alcyon_rider2.jpg
http://www.theracingbicycle.com/images/Thanet_full.jpg
http://www.theracingbicycle.com/images/1955_Gillott_full.bmp
They all look kinda familiar, right? And then you realize, the first one (the most relaxed of the batch) is a racing bike from way back. And the other two are _time trials_ bikes from the 1950s. So basically, that 10 speed we all found so difficult to deal with, all bent over like that? Because it was the right geometry for _time trials_.
Yeah. Definitely what your basic surburban young lass was looking for as a teenager. And what your middle aged man or woman is looking to get back on to recapture the pleasant days on a 3 speed as a kid.
Obviously, words have not failed me. But they seem inadequate.
Specifically, look at the fotos:
http://www.theracingbicycle.com/images/Alcyon_rider2.jpg
http://www.theracingbicycle.com/images/Thanet_full.jpg
http://www.theracingbicycle.com/images/1955_Gillott_full.bmp
They all look kinda familiar, right? And then you realize, the first one (the most relaxed of the batch) is a racing bike from way back. And the other two are _time trials_ bikes from the 1950s. So basically, that 10 speed we all found so difficult to deal with, all bent over like that? Because it was the right geometry for _time trials_.
Yeah. Definitely what your basic surburban young lass was looking for as a teenager. And what your middle aged man or woman is looking to get back on to recapture the pleasant days on a 3 speed as a kid.
Obviously, words have not failed me. But they seem inadequate.