I see what you did there... lol

I’d say it’s set up as a 1x.

I was hoping for the “missing nut” reply....actually he had a down tube shifter on many of his bikes. Some say weight, some say it was the ability to trim when climbing, but a lot of riders did it years ago.

Same reason the Pirate used that setup?

https://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycl...n-shifter.html

This is the solution I saw on Felice Gimondi's private Bianchi when he visited the Mercatone Uno team for a nice shared bike tour around 2000.

Neil Degrasse Tyson
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Doris Day rode her bicycles almost daily and even rode them on errands. After a while, the locals tended to stop noticing and it only became a problem if she rode in a tourist prone area.

Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean
 

Not sure if anyone posted this yet or not...it didn't come up when I searched. Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean. Love this image!

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Sorry if this picture of Sophia Loren has been posted before, but it's nice any time.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...caf6780822.jpg

You should be. And we'll give you just 20 years to stop posting it, Mister!

How about Brigitte Bardot:

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...59c9fb56eb.jpg

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Actress Irina Dimik encounters a German checkpoint in the 1962 feature film The Longest Day.

Got a chuckle out how her hair style is so early '60's while the scene is supposed to take place in Normandy on June 6 of 1944.

Evidently someone making these decisions on the film crew felt the audience would not accept a 1944 hairstyle...

Can anyone ID her mount? Perhaps [MENTION=383399]MauriceMoss[/MENTION]... That headlamp certainly does not appear to be in working order. Or perhaps it is wearing one of those wartime dimmer covers...

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...3da7b682f2.png

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056197/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

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LeBron James

Looks like the leader of the peloton on the red and black bike* and the riders behind Mr. Bean on the white and yellow bikes pull their rear brake levers ;)

*who is also using the Armstrong brifter setup btw

Good eye for detail!

Barbara Eden of 'I Dream of Jeannie'
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Geneviève Bujold. If you saw her in King of Hearts (1966), you probably fell in love with her. Or else you're dead inside. OK, I was a teenage boy when I saw that movie, so I fell in love about 5 times a day... Maybe that movie wouldn't hold up so well today, I don't know.
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That makes me think of Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...d955150d06.jpg

Oh yes it would, a charming anti-war movie classic.

Ha, a young Frank Zappa, right! I've read about that show, but never saw it, or a pic. Very cool. 👍

She made puberty so much easier.

Pics found on and courtesy of the CABE.

Don't know if the legendary Texan ever rode this rare Bowden but certainly was presented and making him an owner.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...28335f990f.png
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^^^ Needs more cowbell. 😁