Re: [CR]Pic of the Day - Richard's Hour Record 1936

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Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 19:09:18 +0100 (BST)
From: "Michael Butler" <pariscycles@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [CR]Pic of the Day - Richard's Hour Record 1936
To: Aldo Ross <aldoross4@siscom.net>
In-Reply-To: <000601c5c6b1$951f1380$771afbd1@Newhouse>
cc: CR Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

Aldo, Wonderful stuff if ever a picture encapsulates the cycling expression "On the Rivet" this picture certainly does.


--- Aldo Ross wrote:


> Pic of the Day
> 1st October, 2005
>
> Maurice Richard Re-takes the Hour Record, 1936
>
> http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/aldoross/Richard_1936
>
> Click on pic for much larger image.
>
> Vigorelli Track, Milano, 14th October 1936 -
> Frenchman Maurice Richard
> on his way to setting a new World Hour Record of
> 45.325 km, 235 meters
> further than Italian Giuseppe Olmo's previous record
> of 45.090 km, set
> 31st October 1935. From "Match l'Intran" No.540, 20
> October 1936.
>
> Aldo Ross
> BlueBall, Ohio
>
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Thats all for now. Keep those wheels spinning, in your memories if not still on the road. Be lucky Mick Butler Huntingdon UK.

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