Bernard Thévenet and Eddy Merckx take to the mountains in 1975 from Bicycling’s look at the 8 Most Merckxian Moments.
Cover of the 1975 edition of Daniel Rebour’s Cycles de Compétition et Randonneuse found on Bicycle Quarterly Press’ website. Thanks to Jake Thurston for the heads up.
Ian Hibell on Blue Peter in 1975 talking about his round the world bicycle tour. Thanks to Tracko for the heads up
From a collection of photos of a stunning 1975 Gios Torino Cyclocross from Speedbicycles and also published on CycleEEXIF
Eddy Merckx in the prologue of the 1975 Paris-Nice race, at Fontenay-sous-Bois, a suburb of Paris. Photo comes from Chris Protopapas’ Flickr stream. Thanks to Velominati for the heads up.
Great America Bicycle Tour 1975.
In 1975, JC Penney hired 12 college students to ride their bikes from NYC to San Francisco. They were promoting their new disc brake equipped bikes OEM’d from Huffy Manufacturing. Great piece of nostalgia
Stelvio Pass in the 1975 Giro d’Italia. From Cycle Sport’s supplement Giro d’Italia: Scenic Images of the Race.
Its amazing to see how design changes over the years. The above is one of a collection of images from an IBM presentation from 1975. Further images can be found on Square America. Thanks to bumbumbum for the heads up.
Source: squareamerica.com
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