Originally Posted by
tg16
Thanks for sharing the photos. I notice some of the cyclists are only wearing one glove. Can anyone shed some light on this. My googling skills have resulted in no info.
That's the "brakes." Sometimes he would have to reach down and rub the front tire right behind the headtube to bleed off speed. With that pie tin of a front ring, I imagine it was tough to generate enough leg-torque to slow down quickly when moving at track velocities.