179
Cyclists in the Tour de France sharing a smoke, France, 1920 (media.piefed.social)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/historyphotos@piefed.social
27 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

all 27 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] 25 points 8 months ago (3 children)

in 1920, it really was the tour de France

25850

now, i don't know what it is

25851

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    So originally it was tour à travers la France but not tour de l'intérieur de la France

    But if we follow the lead of Emily in Paris all the cyclists need to do is circuits around the arc de triomphe and eiffel tower.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
    • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    They thought it "opened up the lungs."

    If you want more insight into early 20th century sports, check out this account of the first modern Olympic marathon.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 5 child comments
    •
  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

    I never thought about it before reading the article you posted, but WTF?

    Holding the first modern games in Athens is obvious.

    Going to Paris next makes sense; it's one of the most prominent cities in the world (and was possibly even more so in 1900).

    But St. Louis, Missouri?!

    I'm reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_Summer_Olympics to figure out how the fuck it happened, and yep, the story is pretty stupid.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
    • [–] 7 points 8 months ago

    Interesting fact: in France – in the 70s –, the smoking age was 11, for girls, and, for boys, 4.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
    •
    [–] 5 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    What's that tube thing on the left guy's shoulder?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 5 child comments
    •
  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    25849

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    Check out the bike - fixed gear, they just flipped the rear wheel for the climbing gear. Shoes strapped into the pedals, slowing on mountaint descents with brakes made of cork, people died in these races.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    are you sure about bikes being fixed geared? They may just be single speeds.

    By 1899 there was widespread adoption in UK bicycle manufacture of the freewheel, usually combined with the back-pedal brake, and conversions were offered to existing bicycles.

    At the turn of the century, bicycle manufacturers within Europe and America included the freewheel mechanism in a majority of their bicycles

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freewheel

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
    • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    At home.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
    • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    mmm, healthy!

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
    • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Nicotine doping!

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
    •
    [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    @PugJesus #alttext cyclists from the J.B. Louvet team sharing a cigarette.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
    •
    [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    I feel seen

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
    •
    [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    I guess they had to do this as advertisement for their sponsor

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
    •
    [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    It's dmt

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
    •