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I'm fresh out of Richeys.
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If anyone has one of these laying around the shop that I could just borrow...
 
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For those of you into the Flying Merkel bikes and cycles, these are some of the original photos of the shops that built them. Sourced via: Thecabe.com from a 2013 post dissecting the name and everything it's been attached to since it's debut.

[114 pages of some of the most in depth and detailed, thorough dig of info I've ever seen for a moniker. I'm only on p.43]

•Robin
 
Some more female cycling pioneers...

Clara Grace
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Alfonsina Strada
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May Allen
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Hélène Dutrieu
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Tillie Anderson
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Marie Amélie Le Gall
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Clara Drehmel
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Billie Fleming
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All of them were prominent racer girls, born in the 19th century (except Billie Fleming born 1914), with some special records and faster than several men....
 
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Before Mattis post I put some other real photos of the Simpson lever chain, but it has to be approved by a mod. If I delete the link, i think you can see them...
 
Stunned that it uses a different tooth engagement on the rear cog than the front. Seems an overly complex solution to a problem that didn't exist.
 

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