Fixed Gear, Fixed Wheel, Fixie, Track Bike, Tarck Bike, Bici da Pista, Pisuto, Pisto, Velo de Piste, Pignon Fixé. No matter what you call it, if the drivetrain is fixed & there's only one gear - we love to ride it like we stole it.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Lutz Heßlich & Texima Bahnrad
Some East-German track cycling history here:
Great Lutz Heßlich portrait, from here, as seen at Prollys.
"Lutz Heßlich a GDR Sprinter (two times Olympic and 6x World Champion) rode 1984 in Moscow the 200m flying in 9.98sec. as first man on the earth."
However, the bike on the lower photo, although it appears to be the same model on each photo, is actually Michael Huebener's Texima, image from here.
Labels:
1980s,
ddr,
east germany,
match sprint,
soviet block,
texima,
track cycling
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment