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It's an ace picture and it certainly makes you think about how much easier we have it it today in many ways.
Recently finished reading A Race for Madmen by Chris Sidwells which is an interesting biography of the Tour de France.
The historical stuff from back in the day is by far the most interesting aspect of it all- stories of guy's like that Van Lerberghe chap mentioned above abound, strange to think how different people were back then.
If I remember correctly one guy descending a high mountain pass in the tour broke his frame, and this in the days when they were not allowed any outside help to complete stages. He had undertook a blacksmith apprenticeship years before and so set-off looking for the local blacksmith which he found, repaired his frame himself in the forgery and then completed the stage 😀
Came across this on Retronaut yesterday:
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First Tour de France
http://www.retronaut.co/2011/08/finish-of-the-first-tour-de-france-1903/
Top stuff, guy with his hand on the bike looks like he is on the verge of getting the thousand-yard stare.
Chap next to him in the white seems in pretty good spirits still though 8)
i know its been posted before, but i give you retro cross:
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http://ncncacx.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/vintage-cyclo-cross.html
they're wearing ties. A chap had to have standards
Saw this pic by Loch Ness this week. If you're about to die trying to set the world water speed record in a jet powered boat, at least dress smartly chaps.
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(It's John Cobb)