I saw that ad too. My first thought was that it might be Tom Simpson, the f irst Brit to ever wear the yellow jersey. Can't help with ID'ing the bike b ut I've seen pix of him linked with Gitane as well as Peugeot.
Larry Hakim,
Oxford, MS, USA
> From: castell5@sympatico.ca> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Date: Mo
n, 14 Apr 2008 18:23:47 -0400> Subject: [CR]Identify British cyclist and bi
ke in Camelbak advert> > Evening all,> > Please excuse my ignorance, I am s
ure this is a classic image, but in > the May issue of Bicycling there is a
Camelbak advertisement (p. 53) > which shows a bespectacled British cyclis
t on one of the Tour(?) stages > in what appears to be the 1950s or 60s. He
is decked out in Wearwell > gear with Union Jacks on the shoulders of his
jersey. I can't quite > identify the bike either. What interested me, in pa
rticular, was the > shifter(?) on the bars as well as one on the downtube.
> > It always irritates me when images are used without any indication of >
what they are or from whence they come! Anyone know?> > Paul Williams,> Ot
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