PugJesusCyclists in the Tour de France sharing a smoke, France, 1920
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And ensures you get your cancer later
Jon Lord
TomMaszThey thought it “opened up the lungs.”
If you want more insight into early 20th century sports, check out this account of the first modern Olympic marathon.
grueI never thought about it before reading the article you posted, but WTF?
Holding the first modern games in Athens is obvious; the modern Olympics is a revival/recreation of the ancient games.
Going to Paris next makes sense; it’s one of the most prominent cities in the world (and was possibly even more so in 1900).
But St. Louis, Missouri?!
I’m reading en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_Summer_Olympics to figure out how the fuck it happened, and yep, the story is pretty stupid.
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AkasazhThey injected literal rat poison as doping bank then
The idea was to warm the lungs before entering the col maountains, but it was really about the stimulant effect of nicotine.
OmnivoreNicotine doping!
Track_ShovelWhat’s that tube thing on the left guy’s shoulder?
Left as CenterReplacement tubes for repairs I guess. They all have one.
No team support back then. towns used to wait for riders to give them food and drink.
rnercleCheck out the bike - fixed gear, they just flipped the rear wheel for the climbing gear. Shoes strapped into the pedals, slowing on mountaint descents with brakes made of cork, people died in these races.
are you sure about bikes being fixed geared? They may just be single speeds.
By 1899 there was widespread adoption in UK bicycle manufacture of the freewheel, usually combined with the back-pedal brake, and conversions were offered to existing bicycles.
At the turn of the century, bicycle manufacturers within Europe and America included the freewheel mechanism in a majority of their bicycles
It’s dmt
So originally it was tour à travers la France but not tour de l’intérieur de la France
But if we follow the lead of Emily in Paris all the cyclists need to do is circuits around the arc de triomphe and eiffel tower.
This event has been running on drugs forever. In the 20s -60s, amphetamines and pot belge, a mix of speed and heroin.
2000s saw EPO take over. There were no clean years.
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La Maison Du Bang! - SNL
Rob T Firefly"No no no, I said I wanted a lighter bicycle!"