The bikes look like "stayer" racing bikes, for drafting motorcycles on the
track. Note that the pacing tandems have freewheels - all the crank arms
are "up" in the turn.
Aldo Ross Blue Ball, Ohio Etats Unis
----- Original Message -----
From: dgranger@comcast.net
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 10:23 AM
Subject: [CR]Pic of the Day 3 March (Duncan Granger)
> What's with the small front wheel on Wambst's bike? better drafting? I
don't recall having seen smaller front wheels in bike race pics of this
period before (not that I've seen that many...) ...