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Bernardo Ruiz. Primer podium español del Tour.
‘Conexión Vintage‘ rinde homenaje a Bernardo Ruiz, decano de los vencedores de la Vuelta a España A unos días del final del Tour 2015, a un mes del inicio de la Vuelta a España, y ya en la recta final de temporada de Conexión Vintage, Paco Grande nos regala un programa especial, «más que especial»,
Kazimierz Nowak
Kazimierz Nowak (January 11, 1897 – October 13, 1937) was a Polish traveller, correspondent and photographer, born in Stryi, now part of Ukraine. After the First World War he lived in Poznań. From 1931 to 1936, he traveled alone, on foot and by bicycle across Africa, covering a distance of 40,000 km: from Libya to
Fowler Museum to present photos of duo’s 1891 bicycle trip from Greece to Uzbekistan.
In the summer of 1890, two young Americans, William Sachtleben and Thomas Allen Jr., set off to circle the globe on new-fangled ‘safety’ bicycles. Three years later, after pedaling some 18,000 miles across three continents, their harrowing tales of adventure made them international celebrities. Their timely championing of the bicycle helped spark the great bike
A British soldier demonstrating how the Germans were able to generate electricity for their wireless in the trenches.