Originally Posted by
Craig Ryan
Much of the interest may be traced to a time when the bike was used in a very different way. Tough times where a person would ride his bike with bags, extra gear, and maybe even spare wheels to a race or event. They would travel the 100 miles or whatever one day, race the next, then ride home over a long week-end. Probably because folks didn't own cars. Their race bikes had to double as their transportation, so it had fittings for fenders and lights etc. I don't see how trail or bar height mattered, or that they thought about it beyond it was what it was. The modern brevet, double century, PBP, may all have their roots back to this time?
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