1948 retro Track shot from Time Magazine
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1948 retro Track shot from Time Magazine
Postby brentono » Wed Apr 21, 2010 2:12 pm
It is a 1948 retro Track shot from Time Magazine, with a couple of other shots of
the article about 6-Day racing at the time. Might be of interest.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sashae/set ... 4538271101
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Re: 1948 retro Track shot from Time Magazine
Postby foo on patrol » Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:23 pm
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Re: 1948 retro Track shot from Time Magazine
Postby brentono » Thu Apr 22, 2010 10:34 am
for this size, would think you would be up around 50degs+ for the bends. It looks like a de-constructable
and was set up in a National Guard armory in New York. Seems it was one of the first 6-Days after the War.
Have ridden smaller tracks in Belgium and Holland, but short straights. There would have been an unreal
feeling as you wipped in and out of those bends at the end of the straights. And for 24-hrs for 6-Days (team-2)
non-stop, would think your head would be spinning at the end. (maybe they're shell-shocked so they didn't notice)
They were men, in those days, eh!
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Re: 1948 retro Track shot from Time Magazine
Postby MiG » Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:13 pm
LOL, the wanking over the latest tech cracks me up.
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Re: 1948 retro Track shot from Time Magazine
Postby foo on patrol » Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:24 pm
feeling as you wipped in and out of those bends at the end of the straights.
You'd end up head butting the strut, at the apex
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Re: 1948 retro Track shot from Time Magazine
Postby brentono » Fri Apr 23, 2010 10:23 am
especially behind a motor-pacer, woah
I have found a situation, sometimes, when too low on the track, you can clip
the pedal on the bottom run-off. Wakes you up
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Re: 1948 retro Track shot from Time Magazine
Postby foo on patrol » Fri Apr 23, 2010 7:31 pm
Gary
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Re: 1948 retro Track shot from Time Magazine
Postby brentono » Sat Apr 24, 2010 10:21 am
with short straights, any Westies would know, and any of your guys from the era, that came west,
would remember (concrete sections, with gloss painted track lines). A bit of moisture,
Woah, your all over the shop.
Can remember a few whitewash tracks in the Eastern States, same story as you.
The luxury of indoor board tracks, a dream (only got it in Europe)
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Re: 1948 retro Track shot from Time Magazine
Postby foo on patrol » Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:34 pm
Aaaaaah the good old days, well maybe, but it was always a great weekend.
On a foot note, I won the last Wilmont memorial trophy ever held there, and gave Gary and Shane Sutton heaps of curry over the weekend, and gained considerable respect from the officials and riders.
The track has since been bulldozed now, sad that, as there was always a good quality of riders turn up.
Sorry Brenton that was a bit off topic.
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Re: 1948 retro Track shot from Time Magazine
Postby brentono » Sun Apr 25, 2010 10:14 am
Knew of the Sutton's and know they were great in their day, never got to compete with them,
(as I was in "the Pro's"?)... you must of been going well, getting over them.
Sounds like good times, and great experiences.The old days, you reminded me of that one,
lights going out while racing (power outage) or the globes above the track exploding, raining
down glass... great for the silks, eh!
Keep on trackin, Gary.
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Re: 1948 retro Track shot from Time Magazine
Postby 531db » Mon Aug 16, 2010 12:19 am
Almost certainly riding cottered cranks - Williams, Chater Lea etc.MiG wrote:Look at how skinny the frames are and there isn't an external BB or crabon part in sight! In fact they're probably even riding square taper cranks! Imagine the power loss due to flex (we know flex is bad), at least 50%!
LOL, the wanking over the latest tech cracks me up.
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Re: 1948 retro Track shot from Time Magazine
Postby brentono » Mon Aug 16, 2010 1:12 pm
The rider, On the inside, sure...Almost certainly riding cottered cranks
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Re: 1948 retro Track shot from Time Magazine
Postby brentono » Tue Aug 17, 2010 1:08 pm
Cottered cranks, sure... can be nicebrentono wrote:
Almost certainly riding cottered cranks
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