Harrison Ford, E-Bike, Los Angeles
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Today’s photo shows the aftermath of a less reported, but very dramatic incident in Tour de France history. It shows the aftermath of an aircraft crash onto the route of stage 15, Luchon to Pau, in the 1947 Tour de France.
The plane was chartered by the premier French sports newspaper L’Equipe to carry one of their photographers to get dramatic aerial shots of the race. They turned out to be very dramatic indeed.
The plane was circling the Pyrenees when it hit a patch of turbulence while swooping low over the Col du Tourmalet. What happened next was nothing short of a miracle.
The only way the pilot could save himself and those on board was to effect some kind of landing, and the only place he could do that was on the road of the climb itself. The road the riders and all the race vehicles were using.
He did it, managing a controlled crash landing one minute after stage leader Jean Robic of France passed, and another minute before the next rider pedalled by. Everyone on board got out without a scratch, and helped by spectators, they hauled what was left of the plane to the side of the road. The race could pass, although local papers reported some riders having to weave around debris.
Robic went on to win stage 15 and the Tour, but we don’t know what happened to the plane or its steely-eyed pilot. Various aircraft enthusiast forums we looked at have picked up on the incident but have not established whether there was an aircraft investigation into it. Not surprising really, 1947 was the first Tour de France after the Second World War and official bodies had more important things to do, like rebuilding Europe.Comment
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Handlebar Taping
To keep the roll of tape from unwinding when applying new tape, the roll can be placed in a small zip lock bag. It will dispense the tape as it is applied.
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Long, Slow Rides For Better Conditioning....High-Volume Low-Intensity Training
See: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40681164/The logical response to a bad race is simple: train harder. Whatever you’ve been doing didn’t get you the results you wanted, so you need to dial up the intensity to salvage your racing season. Pain is just weakness leaving the body, and you’ve been weak.
As seductive as this logic is, the data in a new study in the International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance suggests that it’s wrong. Sports scientists in the Netherlands analyzed training and racing data from a professional cycling team on the women’s World Tour, trying to pick out the training patterns associated with “highly successful†and “less successful†racing seasons for individual riders. The key to success, it appeared, wasn’t more hard riding—it was more easy riding, a conclusion that dovetails with some of the biggest trends in endurance training.Comment
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I have a 1980 San Rensho Super Record Export with a Campy Record Gruppo. Similar but not the same.
https://classicjapanesebicycles.com/...-super-record/Comment
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My bicycle friend still rides a little. Today he turns 90 and I turned 70 on the 9th.
Yesterday we went to his Daughter's in Ankeny Iowa for cake and beer.
I'm on the left, Bill on the right
RAGBRAI 2000
Lee
Iowa
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There was an 86 year old back in the 70's that did a 25 mile time trial in one hour. He had two artificial joints, not sure if they were knees or hips. I couldn't do that now unless there was an incredible tail wind.
I hope to still be riding into my mid to late 80's. The time trial was in Tallahassee and USCF (now USA Cycling) sanctioned.Last edited by wildbears; 11-19-2025, 09:14 AM. -
Bears, you hope to be riding into your mid-80's? Heck, I'm 75 and I just hope I'm still riding in all my mid-70's!
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World Hour Cycling Records, 1876-1998
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