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And Hare?„ PICKARD is beginning _ fn get to me. You remember Mr. Pickard: The 83-year*oM tndiahola man Who is pedaling along eft tbe Great Six Day Bike Trip- t usually start nut the day behind the phek. t like the challenge of catching up to people. Very soon, after f start, I pass Mr. Prckard.Mp is a small, rather frail* looking gentleman who rides his time-green Schwinn (girl's frame i very slowly. He sits there under his silver pith helmet. absolutely upright on the seat, pedaling with delicate majesty, slowly.t. on the other hand, 45 yearf fcis junior, weighing V78 pounds (much of it spring-sreei-iike muscle) ride a superb bicycle - the finest the Italian mind can devise.tt. weighs a mere 21 pounds compared to Pickard’s 35-pounri model.It is equippped with tubula* tires, expensive,' delicate _ tireswhose only reason for being is to make bikers go just a little faster. Mr Pickard rides regular tires.i' wear bicycle cleatslt; slotted metal shoe plates to help megrip my light alloy pedals better. Mr Pickard wears tennis shoes.OREOVER, I ride my bh cycle an average of morethan a hundred miles a week just geKingSlo work and back. Mr. PicKjfrn had ridden his machine exactly ohe*haif block before Sunday.I pass Mr. Pickard very quickly, slowing only to say “How are you doing?”“Fine.” That’s yhat he al--ways-answers..............Typically, I go ail out for the first hour, making time before tbe heat of the day arrives. Then I take a shortM
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Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Tue, Aug 28, 1973
Page 8
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