Re: [CR]Pic of Day 25th May Belgian Chase 1935

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Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 07:46:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Pic of Day 25th May Belgian Chase 1935
To: Aldo Ross <swampmtn@siscom.net>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <003101c44252$90064ce0$6cf9fea9@j4g1x1>


I noticed that the rider at the front of this group (either Jules Lowie or Vervaecke, depending on whether Aldo was listing then right-to-left or vice versa) has a "mini fender" mounted over his front wheel. They are regularly deprecated and described as useless. Nevertheless, I've often seen them in race photos from this period and even on a couple of older unrestored bikes.

So the question is, when was the use of the short fender/mudguard totally abandoned on racing bikes? Also, considering the direction in which a tire rotates, are there _any_ circumstances in which they served a useful purpose?
          Cheers,
          Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia


--- Aldo Ross wrote:


> Pic of the Day
> 25th May
> Belgian Chase
>
> (Morgan Fletcher has been kind enough to provide space on his
> server for
> "Pic of the Day". This should provide a steady alternative
> for archiving
> these pics. Thanks Morgan!)
>
> http://www.birfield.com/nuke/modules/gallery/album17/Belge35
>
> Tour de France, 1935, stage 16.
>
> Alarm in the Belgian team as Jules Lowie (individuel),
> Sylvere Maes, Romain
> Maes, and Felicien Vervaecke try to chase-down Italians
> Ambrogio Morelli and
> Orlando Teani.
>
> >From "Le Miroir Des Sports" No840, 25 Juillet 1935.
>
> Aldo Ross
> Blue Ball, Ohio
>
>
> _______________________________________________

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