Link: tomatoes for cyclists

[sam_t]

Cycling Before Lycra, a site about 1930s-1940s cycling. Contains things like the site's author's recent experiences in recreating a carbide bike lamp and selections from a 1906 guide to cyclists (under 'Memorabilia').

Cyclists should know that one of the finest remedies in the world for cyclists, and one that is little known, is the sustaining

Comments

[whatho]

That's excellent. I'm profoundly taken with 'the sustaining power of the tomato'. And the total lack of scientific explanation.

[serrana]

I love those! And I'm tickled by how little the proportions on touring bikes have changed. That one with the guy and his bike outside the tent -- adjust the rear wheel angles just a bit, and it looks an awful lot like my year-old bike. *GRIN*

Coincidentally enough, my uncles did a bike tour of the UK and Europe in 1963 and just sent out last night a link to pix that one of them scanned -- this is my Uncle Jeff (who is still bicycling, at age sixty-something). There are some other bicycle pix in the set, too....