Author Topic: TOUR DE fRANCE  (Read 10927 times)

Ar26

TOUR DE fRANCE
« on: July 04, 2025, 01:49:31 PM »
Tomorrow the Tour de France starts in my city. Lille is located near Belgium. I see that the first Tour de France took place in 1903. Note that the winner Maurice Garin covered the Lyon - Paris stage (467 km) at an average speed of 27.8 km/hour with a .......20 kilogram bike on roads whose quality is easy to imagine. That was just a thought. Have a good ride everyone

meysow

Re: TOUR DE fRANCE
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2025, 03:27:40 PM »
Oh, so you’re literally Van Rysel? (For my Dutch friends out there?) A bit cold maybe, but what a beautiful city!

No carbon frame, no wind tunnel, no wide IW rims, no electronic transmission, no hydraulic brakes — and worst of all, no oversized jockey wheels — and yet, they still made it. Respect!
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gbrnole

Re: TOUR DE fRANCE
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2025, 07:04:45 PM »
on a fixie no less! on the plus side, the seat tube on that first ever TDF winning bike does look reminiscent of the Y1RS!  ;D

SkylarRnD

Re: TOUR DE fRANCE
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2025, 01:00:48 PM »
I'm watching the first stage right now from the USA! Jorgenson, Kuss and Powless!!! LFG!!! ...not a Simmons fan for obvious reasons I hope.

BeR

Re: TOUR DE fRANCE
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2025, 01:36:24 PM »
I'm watching the first stage right now from the USA! Jorgenson, Kuss and Powless!!! LFG!!! ...not a Simmons fan for obvious reasons I hope.

Enjoy the best region of France ;).

Ar26

Re: TOUR DE fRANCE
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2025, 01:02:38 AM »
Go goooooooooooooo

cramy

Re: TOUR DE fRANCE
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2025, 11:15:38 AM »
Tomorrow the Tour de France starts in my city. Lille is located near Belgium. I see that the first Tour de France took place in 1903. Note that the winner Maurice Garin covered the Lyon - Paris stage (467 km) at an average speed of 27.8 km/hour with a .......20 kilogram bike on roads whose quality is easy to imagine. That was just a thought. Have a good ride everyone

Me too, I went to the team presentation on Thursday, and going tomorrow to see them

Ludo

Re: TOUR DE fRANCE
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2025, 04:56:15 PM »
Oh, so you’re literally Van Rysel? (For my Dutch friends out there?) A bit cold maybe, but what a beautiful city!

No carbon frame, no wind tunnel, no wide IW rims, no electronic transmission, no hydraulic brakes — and worst of all, no oversized jockey wheels — and yet, they still made it. Respect!
Taking trains and car rides… lol