Bicycle racing Photo Gallery by James Mason at pbase.com

Bicycle racing

I shot lots of bike races in California and Oregon starting in 1966. Gradually I'll get more pictures up here. I've got tons of photos. If you see yourself either mis-identified or non identified please let me know. Also, anybody who can tell me who the nameless riders are would be appreciated.

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Redwood City, 1966	redwood_city050.jpg	The winning sprint	John Howard in Olympic road race, Munich '72
Bayton and Maertens	olympics004.jpg	Fedor den Hertog	Eric Heiden, Pinky's Road Race, 1984
Heiden in Sausalito Crit, 1984	Inga making her mark	inga14.jpg	Smile before that gun goes off

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Robert J Kane		11-Jan-2014 18:09
Wow thanks for the look back to the good old days of cycling

James Mason		02-Sep-2011 03:03
Jow Wow Wow chccked in a few months ago and we had a good talk.

christopheru		04-Dec-2010 22:18
Fantastic gallery which brought back a lot of memories of racing in the '80s. Thanks for sharing them all.

chriswhitehead07		31-Oct-2010 16:23
what a great gallery really enjoyed looking through . I also hundreds of pictures from the sixties . unfortunately after my father died my mother decided to have a big clean out and away went all my negatives . which included ones are taken off Tommy Simpson riding is last event in Great Britain a criterium at new Brighton near Liverpool . ,voted

James Mason		15-Sep-2010 21:37
Paolo, I'm sorry I don't have your photo! I was stuck in America during that time and didn't get a chance to get a shot of you going fast!

Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		15-Sep-2010 21:09
Great Gallery,but I have not seen my pic here,gosh! :) Ciao, Paolo (v)

Larry Gray		14-Sep-2010 16:59
Thanks, I loved reliving these days in your photos. Thanks for posting them. If you are interested, I have these pics from the 1978 Cat's Hill race that Greg LeMond won as a junior: http://www.pbase.com/larbear/bicycle_racing_scans

Guest		07-Sep-2010 03:49
Wow! great pics!! The "Velo Sport rider" is me, Calvin Trampleasure. I got 11th place in that race, use to joke that I won the Natz twice (two first places- 11 - in the same race)! Teach Kindergarten and 4th-5th grade physical education at Madera school in El Cerrito now, still ride for fun and health.

jeffryz		25-Aug-2010 08:39
Ah. Great memories of the Coors Classic/ Red Zinger. Growing up in Boulder, Colorado it had a huge impact on my life. I watched the race for years and even worked on the road crew for the Aloha Edition (only went to San Francisco and worked the stages from there on- not many from Colorado got to go to Hawaii). Chance to see many great riders. Eddie Merckx stopped by one year too. Thanks for posting these!

Rona Hung		09-Jul-2010 23:50
Hi James, May I have your permission to use the photo of Tony Tom on A Bicycle Odyssey's new website? Tony is still the owner and we're still going strong in Sausalito, CA. What an amazing picture! Tony still looks the same although he says that he's fatter.

Jennifer Berg		19-Apr-2010 00:52
I am trying to contact Glenn Saunders regarding a frame he made around 1978-80. If you have an e-mail address for him, please forward my message. Jennifer Berg (my "ex" is Allan Pearson who bought this frame from you. )

Jennifer Berg		19-Apr-2010 00:51
I am trying to contact Glenn Saunders regarding a frame he made around 1978-80. If you have an e-mail address for him, please forward my message. Jennifer Berg (my "ex" is Allan Pearson who bought this frame from you. )

Don Hobbs		24-Feb-2010 04:13
James, send me an email, I think I can connect you.

James Mason		23-Feb-2010 08:14
This here is James, the photographer. I'm trying to get in touch with Tom Broznowski. If anybody has contact info please pass it on. I've got a bunch of photos for him. He started out in the Pacific Northwest when I was shooting pictures there, so I've got nice stuff of him racing in the rain....since that's the only kind of racing we have in Portland and Seattle.

Don Hobbs		04-Dec-2009 06:44
Living in Boulder, CO I'm lucky to be around some of cycling's great stars. Dale Stetina still rides here, as do Glann Sanders and Alan McCormack. On the annual R2V fundraiser ride for Davis Phinney's Parkinson's Foundation we had Kiefel, Grewal, Paranka, Vails, Prehn, Sanders, Stetina, Walton, Zinn, Davis, Connie and more out on the roads. It was a real Coors Classic reunion. Thanks James for the great shots of days gone by.

Tym		08-Jul-2009 19:22
My father's cousin was Daniel Butler, a cyclist in the 1968 Nevada race. If you have any photos from 68, with or without id, I can get my dad to look at them. Let me know if we can help.

Mac Stoddard		27-Jun-2009 04:31
Your pictures are wonderful. It brings back memories of those early years as a rider and a spectator.

David Guettler		07-Feb-2009 23:34
James, This is great. We get to see some classic photos of races many of us witnessed, as well as see comments from people we may not have heard from in many years. Matt Sarna, Tony Tom, etc, Anyone pick out Bill Best in any of these?

Ernst Blofeld		07-Dec-2008 08:51
As I recall Saunders went on to ride with the powerful Denver Spoke team for a time.

Ian Fuller		02-Aug-2008 01:31
In the photo "Jack Hartman in Vets Race" the guy in front of him is Nick Farac-ban (sp?). A winner of many national master time trial jerseys. Thanks for the great pictures. I was racing at the same time as Bob Parsons. Tough guy to ride against.

James Mason		26-Jun-2008 18:38
Hey guest, you don't by any chance work in the bike industry in Salt Lake City? I'm looking for somebody there. - James Mason

Guest		26-Jun-2008 11:03
Was wondering tonight while at work in Salt Lake City what ever happened to that skinny little stage racer that used to beat us all up in the Northwest named Glenn Saunders? Thanks for the great memories.

Glenn Sanders		03-Mar-2008 02:56
The picture entitled " A Great Day at the Presidio" - indeed it was! 1987 Coors Classic. That is myself, in the stars and stripes, next to then-World Road Champion Moreno Argentin. In front is a very talented rider, Janus Kuum, next to a rider from Argentin's team whose name I cannot recall. Thank you for the pictures - it is a real pleasure to look and remember. Glenn

Guest		12-Jan-2008 19:32
Great old bicycling phots. Thanks for sharing.

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