Tour De France Winners | 1903-1975
09-04-16, 07:40 PM
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Tour De France Winners | 1903-1975
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When I ride my bike I feel free and happy and strong. I'm liberated from the usual nonsense of day to day life. Solid, dependable, silent, my bike is my horse, my fighter jet, my island, my friend. Together we will conquer that hill and thereafter the world.
When I ride my bike I feel free and happy and strong. I'm liberated from the usual nonsense of day to day life. Solid, dependable, silent, my bike is my horse, my fighter jet, my island, my friend. Together we will conquer that hill and thereafter the world.
09-04-16, 08:06 PM
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Pretty neat. Some real hard men back in the day, doing it single speed. The guy in 1905 even did it with his fork on backwards. 
09-04-16, 11:20 PM
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I need to watch more professionals doing their thing... It's easy to forget how much the whole body is involved in moving a bicycle along at speed.
09-05-16, 03:32 AM
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excellent thanks
