Ted is the Savant of slide actions; He's also the Porte Parole pour les Stephanois; All the French gun makers in Saint Etienne made bicycles - Ted is obviously carrying on a French tradition.
By the way, I went and checked 1960'ish cycle weights:
-- A classic 1960 Schwinn with headlights, double bars, steel rims, luggage rack - 58 lbs
-- My old 1950s Raleigh Sport (called "English racer" by us at the time) 3 speed with racks on back and front and lock/cable along with luggage rack, steel on steel, steel seat post, rims, pommel, handle bars, fenders, chain guard, kick stand, pump, lights, generator, tool bag - as pictured - 51 lbs - add a pack to the luggage rack and you're up to 70. Dry without the baskets. luggage rack, generator, tool kit, but with the fenders and chain guard it was probably 30.
I can't believe we were pedaling that weight back in 1959-60; Florida doesn't have a lot of hills but we labored up the few it did.
