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Anatomy of a photo: Gun Check, Gent-Wevelgem 1965

See, I told you they were huge.

The above photo was liberated from a Dutch website which appears to be dedicated solely to a book about Dutch and Belgian riders both old and new.  I can’t read a lick of Dutch, in fact, I’m not even 100-% sure it’s a Dutch site (based on the “.nl” though I’m pretty sure).  The website is rad though and the book looks mint, anybody know it?  Check it out and see what you think.  The guy in the back of the gruppetto is, of course, Rik Van Looy.

Marko

Marko lives and rides in the upper midwest of the States, Minnesota specifically. "Cycling territory" and "the midwest" don't usually end up in the same sentence unless the conversation turns to the roots of LeMond, Hampsten, Heiden and Ochowitz. While the pavé and bergs of Flanders are his preferred places to ride, you can usually find him harvesting gravel along forest and farm roads. He owes a lot to Cycling and his greatest contribution to cycling may forever be coining the term Rainbow Turd.

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  • @Cyclops

    Nice. "Is that a compact?" Brilliant.

    Dutch awesomeness distilled and concentrated into liquid form (a very potent substance). This is what is in the bidons, I'm sure of it.

  • petro: lay off the quads bro...espresso that is

    i just blew my lunch through my teeth laughing at that

  • @ G'phant - Thanks! I'm a maturing Velominati. Don't even have a bike build plan in the works, gettin' engaged...It feels good though. My VMH is great.

  • @Ron... many congrats on engagement, and glad you found a Velominata - who rides vintage, too. Maybe you'll get as much as five years of gripe free riding before those That Fucking Bike conversations start: FOUR bikes? What do you need FOUR bikes for? They all look the SAME to me? And do you have to keep them in the HOUSE? Can't you just have ONE, and keep it in your shed...next to the bed I put in there for you?

    I echo your sentiments on La Vie Velominatus... I'm using Google Translator to try and understand the website for the E3-Prijs this Saturday to get the lay up... Boonen is in, but not sure if Spartacus is too.. Then there's Ghent Wevelgem on Sunday... family time not looking so good

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