For those who are interested, that Kilo bike is on display at the Ontario Science Centre.
Lawrence
Brian Baylis wrote:
> Steven,
>
> Great story about Lovells' bike. I remember seeing Lovell at some of the
> track events at the Encino Velodrome back in the 70's if I recall
> correctly. Never saw that bike; but being a track puesuiter (of sorts)
> myself that sounds like pure genius! You guys keep comming up with
> stories like this and I'll never be finished "experimenting" with bikes.
> You're going to turn me into a regular Dr. Frakenstein! I suppose it
> could be worse; at least he's famous.
>
> Brian (just came upstairs to make a sandwhich) Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
> >
> > Lawrence,
> >
> > You don't write where you are writing from but I expect from Canada. Jocelyn
> > Lovell was one of the premier Canadian riders of 70's and early 80's.
> > Unfortunately, he was hit while out training and ended up confined to a
> > wheelchair. There were a number of Lovell frames made in the 80's and from
> > what I can recall they were quite nice. Except in Canada, he is probably not
> > well-known, notwithstanding the fact that he was a world-class rider.
> >
> > An interesting anecdote that I remember from the 70's about Jocelyn had to
> > do with a kilo event in track racing. He set up a bike with two chains,
> > right and left, using a modified old two-sided hub. I can't recall exactly
> > how it was done, but he effectively had a first low gear to get up to speed
> > more quickly and then his other gear for the rest of the ride. He had the
> > fastest start ever recorded at the event. The cog giving the higher gear was
> > initially barely threaded onto the hub, meaning that it took a few turns of
> > the cranks to get it to seat down and provide drive, just enough time to get
> > started and up to speed. This allowed Jocelyn to use a larger gear than he
> > would otherwise have been able to do. The start-up gear then became
> > free-wheeling as the other larger gear didn't allow it to engage in drive.
> >
> > Steven Maasland
> > Moorestown, NJ
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Lawrence Kurtz <kurtzla@mcmaster.ca>
> > To: bike <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 1:24 PM
> > Subject: [CR]Anyone heard of Lovell Road bikes
> >
> > > I saw a Lovell road bike and was wondering whether this was a worthwhile
> > > acquizition.
> > >
> > > LK
> > >
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