Did they?

There's some wonderful stories from the old days. Tacks spread on the road in front of hated riders; brandies supped for energy, etc. But my favourite is the one about the rider whose front fork broke on a descent so he carried his bike (much heavier then of course), ran down to a blacksmith at the bottom and made a new one. He was the disqualified because he'd received assistance from the smithy who handled the bellows.

Posted By: BerlinCanary on July 15th 2010 at 17:12:14

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Cav gets his hat-trick (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 15, 16:45:33
- Incidentally a mate of mine has been posting a song-a-stage on his blog (Other Sports) - BerlinCanary, Jul 15, 16:51:27
- Yay! (Other Sports) - BerlinCanary, Jul 15, 16:47:25
  - i think they should go back to how it was in the beginning (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 15, 16:56:48
    - Did they? (Other Sports) - BerlinCanary, Jul 15, 17:12:14
      - maybe not quite all day, but they certainly started in the middle of the night (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 15, 17:21:42
        
        Shame that first one isn't available (except at extortionate cost) (Other Sports) - BerlinCanary, Jul 15, 17:40:14
        
        well if you're ever round Cambridge way swing by and i'll see if i can dig my copy out (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 15, 18:03:17
        
        Haha (Other Sports) - BerlinCanary, Jul 15, 18:29:13
- Get in! (n/m) (Other Sports) - jafski, Jul 15, 16:46:29

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