Re: [CR]Pic of the Day 6th August - 1936 French Cyclocross Championships

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From: "roman stankus" <rstankus@mindspring.com>
To: "Aldo Ross" <aldoross4@siscom.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Pic of the Day 6th August - 1936 French Cyclocross Championships
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 21:51:35 -0400


Is there a reason for the left -hand drive side crank? Is this a cyclo-cross thing?

Roman Stankus
Atlanta, Ga.


----- Original Message -----
From: Aldo Ross
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 9:41 PM
Subject: [CR]Pic of the Day 6th August - 1936 French Cyclocross


Championships

Pic of the Day 6th August 1936 French Cyclocross Championships

Race-leader Guihaire scales the rocks of Saint-Germaine during the 1936 French National Cyclocross Championships. He would be overtaken in the final sprint by Paul Chocque. Note the normal caliper brakes, extra tape padding the handlebar "drops", lack of derailleurs, wingnuts on the rear axle, but perhaps a qr lever on the front (photo not clear enough to be certain).
>From "Match l'Intran" No.506, 24 March 1936.

http://www.birfield.com/nuke/modules/gallery/album17/French_CX_1936?full=1

Aldo Ross
Blue Ball, Ohio