Photos
Before there was Facebook, cyclists created photo albums. We got our hands on some great stuff. Most of our photos come from Jeff Groman’s personal collection of photos that the riders and their families gave him, as well as years of scouring old photo albums and cycling periodicals for the best shots.
There are the old staged publicity shots. Think about athletes posing for their trading cards. We have Frank Kramer, Sammy Gastman, Alf Goullet, Bill Honeman, and Charlie Bergna’s publicity shots just to name a few.
There are the old action shots. A track-race crash caught in mid-air. A rider attempting to break the human-powered land speed record. A cylocross race back in the 1930′s. Two riders clowning around, passing a basketball between them while riding. Fun stuff.
There’s the archival stuff. The U.S. Cycling team at the 1960 Rome Olympics (or one of the U.S. Cycling team at the 1999 Tour of Morocco). Glen Ford and Rita Hayworth astride a tandem on a Hollywood back lot. The Madison Square Garden venue during the 1934 Six-Day race.
Don’t let this history slip away, come in and study the old photos on our walls.