I scanned through about a dozen magazines from 1939, and it looks like only a few of the Belgian riders used saddle braces during that year's TdF: most notably Vervaecke, Sylvere Maes, and Roman Maes.
Aldo Ross
Indian Lake, Ohio
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Roy H. Drinkwater <roydrink@ptd.net>
> To: classic list <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 7:41 AM
> Subject: [CR]re: Pic of 3rd July - Felicien Vervaecke
> > Was Vervaecke a sprinter? Why have the seat brace for a road
> > bike; I thought they were for the track.