One of my buddies that does elder care sent me some photos.

Paramount tandem, Cinelli and a Mondio. He has Alzheimer's so he cannot recall what bike he did the record on, but he does recall the event, and that he and his son would absolutely fly on the Paramount tandem. He has a bunch of pics of him and Lance Armstrong etc.

Just thought I would share.

Ok....being a Bimmer guy I just have to admit I had a hard time seeing the bikes for the posters.

Man I miss my E46 ZHP!

Assisting with the thread derail: I miss my E46, too



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That is extra cool (the bikes and rides and accomplishments, not the dementia).

This is a good reminder for me to start a little journal or something of my cycling activities for my later years.
Imagine what it was like to be riding in the late fifties and early sixties, it was another world.

Cinelli looks like a pista. Hard to see exactly in the picture but looks like round fork tubes, track dropouts. Wolf ears, so pre-1960.

What's interesting that the fork crown is nothing I have seen on a Cinelli but the paint matches well to the frame.

That's some amazingly awesome history!! Too cool, sad to hear about the Alzheimer's ( my father-in-law suffered with it ).

I miss mine too...

GTS series was always a hoot. Sweet poster.

My buddy is completely bike ignorant. These are the pics he sent me, and they are sorely lacking. I will try to get him to get some better pics!

1962, yikes. I wonder what the record is now? Unless my math is wrong, that averages out to 14+- miles per hour. Super impressive.

I was puzzled by 1962 date on that certificate, since the ABLA was the nationwide organization governing bike racing when I started competing in 1963. I guess it was issued long after the date on which the record was set.

From the USCF Wikipedia page:

"The Amateur Bicycle League of America was organized in 1920 and incorporated in New York in 1921. In 1975, the name was changed to the United States Cycling Federation."

I had one very similar, a 330ci, in Steel Blue with a blue top, I regret selling it.

Perhaps the original was lost/destroyed, and he had a re-issue. He was very active with USA Cycling his entire life, so getting a replacement would have probably been relatively easy I suppose.

I'm sure there's an explanation. Note "Amateur Bicycle Record" in the text. Perhaps ABL records were reviewed in 1975 and the certificate issued then, or was a replacement, as noted above. The key is that "he was very active with USA Cycling," supporting the initial record and any issuance or re-issuance of the certificate. Likely there was no loss of contact during the years from 1962 to whenever the certificate pictured was created.

Pretty good time (32:25) for 449.5 miles, 13.87 mph, especially given the terrain, and likely the elapsed time (including stops). Very impressive. By comparison, many flesches are 240 miles in 24 hours, and brevets are similar. I can't imagine doing 4 centuries back to back and adding in another 50 for good measure. 32+ hours of exertion is really pushing it. Then think of the 6-day races. Holy cow we're a bunch of under-achievers.