You can buy some of the bottles and cages at LBS's right now. Elite makes the bottles and cages for TdF riders and they are making the retro bottles too. Too bad they did not make a handlebar mounted version like they initally planned.
Tom Martin
Oakland CA
> The Tour de France is amping up the retro items at their swag shop for
this years TdF. Some of the stuff will compliment a vintage bike quite
nicely. While in Paris in February I saw everything at the start of the
selection process. It was interesting and there was quite a variety. At the
time I figured there was no way they would actually attempt to sell some of
the more hardcore retro stuff. Wrong. Today I received an email from a
friend at the TdF offices that outlines the final picks. Metal water bottles
with cork tops held by a natural fiber cord aka 1948, 1920's - 30's - 40 &
50's style jerseys with various collar styles (including tennis collars),
1950's style wool knickers, the list goes on. If the TdF used the same
vendors whose product I saw in February, the quality is first rate.
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> The stuff is supposed to be up the the TdF webpage within a couple of
weeks.
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> Brett Horton
> San Francisco, CA