I've had some requests for more photos of my Gloria track bike so I've uploaded several pictures to the gallery portion of the site. Additional detailed photos will get uploaded as time allows.

The Gloria gallery can be seen at this link below:
http://chainedrevolution.com/CS/photos/terminaut/category1067.aspx

Once you click on any of the thumbnails, you can view larger sizes by selecting one of the larger "Alternate Sizes" from the menu on the side of the page.

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Perfect for your late 50's track bike!

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Nice set of Scheeren wood-filled rims on eBay. These are an excellent choice for track bikes from the 50's or so.

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This is a page scanned from an old Reg Harris scrapbook assembled by a fan in the UK. Over his career, Reg would end up breaking the 1000-metre record a total of 5 times. These photos are from his first attempt.

November 7th, 1942. Fausto Coppi rounds the bank at the Velodromo Vigorelli aboard his Legnano (there are some rumors it was built by Faliero Masi) for a successful attack on the hour record distance. At the end, he would set the new standard at 45.798km.




Below is a sampling of the lap times of interest:

1 km	01:17
2 km	02:36
3 km	03:53
4 km	05:12
5 km	06:30
10 km	13:02
15 km	19:35
20 km	26:08
Half Hour Mark	22.946km
25 km	32:41
30 km	39:14
35 km	45:47
40 km	52:19
45 km	58:51
Hour Mark	45.871 km, later corrected to 45.798 km