How to really take a corner :)

[jasimon]

Really? Necessary?

[Mulger bill]

No kneeslider and open toe shoes? Nicely balanced pose methinks unless that blokes got a kevlar epidermis.

[AUbicycles]

First photo - he has his left leg off the pedal and you will see the foot... and knee on the ground. No photoshop necessary, just a cheeky 'still' shot.


If you want a mind bending photo - just look how far this bloke is leaned over



Love the track photo - what an amazing moment - hope the rider was ok, he would be 80+ years old today.

[herzog]

This is how the DH guys take a corner:

[hewey]

I found the pic on Picture Australia, with a heap of other vintage bike pics. Picture Australia is a combined online database of Aussie library picture databases. Its from the State Library of Queensland, from the sound of it they have the original B&W print. The direct link times out Go to the homepage http://www.pictureaustralia.org/index.html and search for "ultimate speed" and it comes up.

Title: Ultimate speed on a racing bike, Clifton, ca. 1930
Creator: Unknown
Description: John Bange on a racing bike on his property in Clifton, Queensland. John Bange was a gliding pioneer. He designed and built the first enclosed-fuselage glider to fly on the Darling Downs. It made its maiden flight in Clifton on the 27 October 1935.
Description: John Bange was a gliding pioneer. He designed and built the first enclosed-fuselage glider to fly on the Darling Downs. It made its maiden flight in Clifton on the 27 October 1935.
Subject: bike, bicycles, cycling, flying goggles, caps
Publisher: John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
Image number: clp00068
Format: photographic print : b&w
Managed by: Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
Collection or series: 6780
Date or place: Clifton, Queensland
Date or place: ca. 1930
Rights: This image is free of copyright restrictions. For further information please view http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/legals.htm