Lightweight News
Archive going back to 2001 of this regular newsletter.Volume 1: 2000 - 2006
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Volume 2: 2006 to Present
- Vol. 2, Issue 89 - September / October 2020
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- Vol. 2, Issue 85 - January / February 2020
- Vol. 2, Issue 84 - November/December 2019
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- Vol. 2, Issue 42 – November / December 2012 (Eroica Supplement)
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Straight from the archives
Cycling Fashions and Fashionistas in Durban, South Africa in the 1950's & 1960's
With its sunny, subtropical climate of mild winters and hot, humid summers, the east coast South African city of Durban is ideally suited for both leisure and competitive cycling all year round and this originally Victorian colonial city has long had its cycling enthusiasts. But the local popularity of cycling has waxed and waned over the decades and local fashions in lightweight bikes, equipment and cycling paraphernalia have undergone frequent changes, never more so than in the second half of the 20th century.
This article concentrates on the Durban cycling scene as it existed in the 1950s and 1960s with an emphasis on the competitive cycling ‘subculture’ of the time, focusing particularly on the lightweight equipment then in use locally(1).
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