Re: [CR] 1962 TDF short film (w/ Team Mercier)

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From: "aldoross4" <aldoross4@siscom.net>
To: "Charles T. Young" <youngc@ptd.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:17:57 -0500
Subject: Re: [CR] 1962 TDF short film (w/ Team Mercier)


Spending so much of my time exploring this stuff in sepia tone, it's shocking to see it all in bright colors. I checked twice to make sure the film was really 1962! Very beautiful.

Aldo Ross Middletown, Ohio, USA

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From: "Charles T. Young" <youngc@ptd.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] 1962 TDF short film (w/ Team Mercier)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:06:36 -0400


> Vive le Tour, a short on the 1962 Tour de France, has made

> it to YouTube. I'll leave it the the better of eyesight to

> take off the equipment and, perhaps, makers of the bikes

> shown. Mercier, topic of recent conversation, is prominent

> as are other great teams and their riders of past years.

>

> http://cyclocosm.com/2009/08/vive-le-tour-1962/

>

> Would like to go out for a ride but, with 93 degree F air

> temperature, somewhat leery of ending up pedaling squares

> like the poor Ignis (?) rider who struggles and struggles

> before collapsing road side in the second reel.

>

> Charlie

>

> Charlie Young

> Honey Brook, Pennsylvania USA