Thread: Making a Path/Racer?
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Old 12-17-10 | 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by NormanF
You're thinking of Pashley Guvnor... a true 1930s style path racer would have fat tires, slack frame angles, a Brooks B-17 or Colt saddle and reversed North Road or drop bars.
Do you have some examples from the period literature? That sounds like a road/path bike rather than a "path racer."
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