Originally Posted by
mander
(have you got a jersey older than 1979?)
I just looked thru my collection and yes. Yes I do.
I have a hideous wool light blue, dark blue and orange "Cool Gear" jersey that dates from the early 70's. (Hell, they went out of business before 1979!). I have NO idea why I kept that one!
I also have your birthday jersey from Kucharik. In 1979, (John) Kucharik was commissioned to make the USA National Champion jersey, which he did. He also was allowed to sell copies of it minus the stars in the blue field. That's what the second one is. (Pics below)
MY, I was thin then!
Originally Posted by
mander
But very few people who know what they're doing will say that it's ok to ride an ss with no rear brake, that a rear brake is only useful for tandemists on descents, and that Sheldon only thought otherwise because he was a tourist and didn't race. Every rider in the pro peloton runs two brakes, as required by both UCI regs and common sense.
hehe! "Common sense" is an oxymoron.
I run two brakes on my road bikes as well. The lever gives me a place to rest my right hand, and having the brake attached to it keeps the lever from flopping. I suppose I could run dummy levers like on the back of the tandems, but since most bikes come with two levers already ....
Every rider in the pro peleton, by UCI and "common sense" rule, wears a helmet. Do you?
By USCF rules, if you are a licensed rider at a race and go down the SIDEWALK to visit a buddy using your bike as a scooter, (without sitting the saddle or the other foot even clipped in!), you must have your helmet on and the strap clipped or it's a FINE!
UCI and USCF rules are, (to some degree), designed by lawyers, not riders.
Now the pics.
