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I don't speak a lick of Italian=2C but once came across this video of Itali= an Olympic Gold Medal winner (1964) Giovanni Pettenella explaining (and dem= onstrating) the "glove stop".
http://www.youtube.com/
Not to derail this thread (pun intended)=2C but I had the pleasure of meeti= ng Vanni in his Milan shop in 2007.=A0 Quite a gentleman.=A0 There is also = some fantastic lore regarding his Italian National Championship victory as = well as links to other youtube videos in a past thread on the CR Archives.
As for the glove thang=2C perhaps Ted rnst will chime in and teach us reckl= ess young punks what to do with our brakeless track bikes?=A0 Ted=2C what k= inda gloves do you suggest for such a thing?=A0 I just GOTTA learn to do it= !
Matthew Bowne Brooklyn=2C New York
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> From: gillottspear@googlemail.com
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Date: Wed=2C 14 Oct 2009 20:40:26 +0100
> Subject: [CR] Gloving a wheel.
>
> Gloving a wheel.
>
> I would love it if someone -Ted? -could explain exactly how this is done.
> Which wheel=2C which hand and where? I imagine that reaching for the fron=
t
> wheel behind the forks is a No no. Reaching around for the back wheel sou=
nds
> dangerous. Eye off the road and hand into the spokes. So all that is left=
is
> to glove the front wheel out front I guess. Am I right?
>
> I use brakes of course. Currently riding a 1962 W.P Newton (Ealing) with
> single front brake and fixed cog on the back.
>
> Mark Stevens Evanton Scotland