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Old 04-27-22, 05:21 PM
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Old 04-27-22, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Vintage_Cyclist


That appears to be a boom era Torpado, almost certainly from Baggio Cycle & Sports in Montreal, as they were the Canadian importer and distributor at that time.
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Old 04-28-22, 03:24 AM
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The Flower!
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Old 04-28-22, 07:22 AM
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Here's one I wasn't expecting to see. It's reportedly Nazi Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, on a recumbent no less. He was also Reich Chancellor for a single day after Hitler's suicide, before committing suicide himself.

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Here's British socialite Unity Mitford, cycling in Berlin just prior to World War II. She was infamous for being a Nazi supporter and reported mistress to Hitler in the late 1930s. She attempted suicide shortly after the start of the war by shooting herself in the head, with a pistol that Hitler had gifted to her for her own protection. Hitler allowed her to be taken back to England (with the inoperable bullet in her brain), where she recovered enough to learn to walk again, though she functioned mentally on the level of a 10 year old. One unconfirmed rumour is that after her return to England, she gave birth to Hitler's child, which was then put up for adoption. Unity and her family make for a fascinating story.
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Old 04-28-22, 08:58 AM
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Actors who portrayed members of the Mafia.




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Old 04-28-22, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by T-Mar
Unity Mitford and her family make for a fascinating story.
Surprising there's not a feature film about her.

It would be nice to see celebrity refugees of the nazis on bikes:

https://m.imdb.com/list/ls052210553/

Personally, I happen to admire Fritz Lang for all he did in film, pre-war, to bring attention to the rising tide in Germany.

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Old 05-03-22, 09:31 AM
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Old 05-03-22, 09:48 AM
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Still riding together after all these years.
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Old 05-03-22, 12:56 PM
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7-Mary-3 & 7-Mary-4.
I can almost hear the theme song spooling up.
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Old 05-03-22, 06:15 PM
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Jeff Tweedy and bandmates
In front of SuperDawg on the NW side of Chicago. Also the start of a great bike trail 👍
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Old 05-03-22, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by T-Mar
Here's one I wasn't expecting to see. It's reportedly Nazi Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, on a recumbent no less. He was also Reich Chancellor for a single day after Hitler's suicide, before committing suicide himself.

Man, while there's a resemblance I do not think the cyclist is Goebbels.
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Old 05-03-22, 07:09 PM
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Christie Brinkley on a Herse. Yowza.
Wait! What?!? I once posted a pic of Kathy Ireland on a bike and the mods deleted it yet they allowed this?!?
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Originally Posted by Ballenxj
Still riding together after all these years.
Yeah, like the 'Stones... Fred and Barney
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Wait! What?!? I once posted a pic of Kathy Ireland on a bike and the mods deleted it yet they allowed this?!?
No accounting for taste.
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Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
What happened to Roscoe Arbuckle was a crime.
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Old 05-04-22, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by T-Mar
Here's British socialite Unity Mitford, cycling in Berlin just prior to World War II. She was infamous for being a Nazi supporter and reported mistress to Hitler in the late 1930s. She attempted suicide shortly after the start of the war by shooting herself in the head, with a pistol that Hitler had gifted to her for her own protection. Hitler allowed her to be taken back to England (with the inoperable bullet in her brain), where she recovered enough to learn to walk again, though she functioned mentally on the level of a 10 year old. One unconfirmed rumour is that after her return to England, she gave birth to Hitler's child, which was then put up for adoption. Unity and her family make for a fascinating story.
I think this is Lesley Ann Down in "Unity" as Mitford.

Amazing story I knew nothing about.
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Old 05-04-22, 08:40 AM
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Fat Mike, NOFX
This one is pretty funny
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Old 05-04-22, 05:34 PM
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Alessandra Ambrosio seems to spend a lot of time on a bike. I wonder if she ever rode Ambrosio rims?





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A little before my time... Beach Boys?
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Originally Posted by T-Mar
Here's British socialite Unity Mitford, cycling in Berlin just prior to World War II. She was infamous for being a Nazi supporter and reported mistress to Hitler in the late 1930s. She attempted suicide shortly after the start of the war by shooting herself in the head, with a pistol that Hitler had gifted to her for her own protection. Hitler allowed her to be taken back to England (with the inoperable bullet in her brain), where she recovered enough to learn to walk again, though she functioned mentally on the level of a 10 year old. One unconfirmed rumour is that after her return to England, she gave birth to Hitler's child, which was then put up for adoption. Unity and her family make for a fascinating story.
This is 2 Timothy Findley novels, minimum. Great story.
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This is 2 Timothy Findley novels, minimum. Great story.
Her sister Jessica once mused that she should have brought a pistol to her one meeting with Hitler before the war and saved the world an awful lot of trouble.
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Originally Posted by The Golden Boy
What happened to Roscoe Arbuckle was a crime.
It was unfortunate. He was acquitted but back then, like now, the public handed out it's own verdict. Arbuckle was twice hit hard by life not being fair. You should reseach his death.

These days, the vast majority of the public don't even know his name. The majority of those that do, only know him via the scandal. Still, there are a small but dedicated few who regulalry acknowledge and celebrate his comedic genius and keep his memory alive.
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