1896 - French Olympic Cyclists

    Léon Flameng and Paul Masson.

    Athens 1896. Games of the I Olympiad. French compatriot cyclists Léon Flameng and Paul Masson. Between them they won 6 medals in the track cycling events (gold in the 100km, silver in the 10 km and bronze in the sprint events for Flameng ; three times gold in the 10km, 1km and sprint events for Masson).

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    1. Hudsonic, nicholas_b, radlmax, most_ghost, and 31 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. Hudsonic (51 months ago | reply)

      Wonderful.

    3. amphalon (51 months ago | reply)

      Looking at the length of the head tube they both must have been pretty tall. Can't believe the guy on the right won medals with a double top tube. Maybe it was a handicapping device?

    4. GTPowers (51 months ago | reply)

      Love....those...bars

    5. chris :: b (46 months ago | reply)

      ridin' fixed gear!

    6. Lauren Peppiatt (37 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Vintage Cyclists, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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