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Old 08-05-10 | 10:03 PM
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As noted above, the quote is from Henri Desgrange, the original organizer of the Tour de France. Derailleurs were not even allow in the Tour de France until 1937. Check out early pictures of fixed gear riders in the Tour de France on the epic "Col de Tourmalet" here: http://www.lequipemag.fr/EquipeMag/R...tourmalet.html
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