Re: [CR]pic of the day '55 Worlds/ BLOW-UP / empty bottlecages, etc.

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From: "Aldo Ross" <aldoross4@siscom.net>
To: <tom.ward@juno.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]pic of the day '55 Worlds/ BLOW-UP / empty bottlecages, etc.
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 22:05:28 -0500
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Bikes, from left to right - Fiorelli (anyone recognize the rider?), Lygie (Monti), Elvé (Ockers), Mariotas (Trobat Garcia), Bianchi (Coppi), and La Perle (Anquetil).

Aldo Ross
Middletown, Ohio, USA


----- Original Message -----
From: tom.ward@juno.com
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 4:58 PM
Subject: [CR]pic of the day '55 Worlds/ BLOW-UP / empty bottlecages, etc.



> Thanks Aldo, what a great photo, and clicking on the image for an expand
> ed version resulted in more-or-less a psychedelic experience. Quite a lo
> st world in there! The row of spectators, individuals in all their human
> ity, sitting and standing on the apparently battle-scarred wall...the "w
> elcome" painted in multiple languages on the masonry arch...and the comp
> onents of the bikes, yes, which become so near yet remain so far. The ex
> pressions on the faces of the competitors.
> One guy out of six has bar-end shifters, but nary a one has high- or lar
> ge-flange hubs.
> I notice that Ockers has a plastic water bottle mounted at the bars, but
> also has an empty cage on the downtube--and the gentleman behind him ha
> s only a downtube cage, empty. Maybe consuming a lot of water, and tossi
> ng the bottle away when empty? To be handed another later? I realize I h
> ave no idea how you'd take on water under the conditions. Anquetil has a
> n alloy bottle, and it seems like one would be less inclined to lose one
> of those. Ted Ernst, others, I know this is minutiae, but how did it wo
> rk to replenish your water supply in 50s competition? Were empties flyin
> g around? Just wondering why a couple of these guys have empty bottle ca
> ges.
> In blown-up form while gazing at the photo you may feel you can reach ou
> t an untie Anquetils shoelaces--and yet, as in so many old competition p
> hotos, so many details remain maddeningly just out of reach. I can never
> read the downtube transfers, let alone headbadges--and you can't really
> rely on shape to tell you anything. Can anyone see what bareheaded Brun
> o Monti is riding? I badly want it to be Frejus, but some others have, I
> believe a similarly shaped headbadge, and I don't see the usual Frejus
> panel on the downtube. Maybe someone has additional data from another so
> urce. It's just curiosity at work.
> Aldo's "pic of the day" always helps to keep us focused "on topic". I'm
> relieved when it comes up--and often learn a lot from others' insights i
> nto what can be seen.
> Tom Ward
> New York, NY -- USA
>
>
> Pervious post:
>>Pic of the Day
> 2 December 2007
> 1955 Worlds
>
>>Not the best quality, but I'll leave this image large to show the
>
> details.
>
>
>>Scene from the 1955 World Professional Road Championships in
>
> Rome-Frascati, Italy. Leading is Jacques Anquetil(France) - partially
>
> obscuring Fausto Coppi (Italy), Stan Ockers (Belgium, in Elvé shorts),
>
>
> Andrès Trobat Garcia (Spain - beside Ockers), and Bruno Monti (Italy -
>
>
> beneath "Roma" sign).
>
>
> Three major derailleur manufacturers are represented here - Huret,
>
> Campagnolo (Coppi's Gran Sport), and Simplex (Ockers' Juy 543). Note
>
> the quick release levers installed drive-side on Coppi's and Ockers'
>
> rear wheels (even at this late date), Anquetil's centerpull brakes, and
>
>
> Ockers' fully-taped brake levers. Note also the way "La Perle" is
>
> written on Anquetil's toptube.
>
>
> Ockers' would go on to win the rainbow jersey, but sadly died 1 October
>
>
> 1956, 2 days after striking a spectator during at race at Antwerp's
>
> Sportpaleis velodrome.
>
>
>>From "But et Club - Le Miroir des Sports" No.532, 29 August 1955.
>
>
> http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/aldoross/pd/1955+Worlds.JPG.html
>
> Aldo Ross
> Middletown, Ohio, USA