dearbicycle: From my friend, Tom: This is one of my favorite bike pictures of all time. As I understand it, in the 1920s, smoking was thought to help one’s respiration, so Tour De France athletes would smoke as they went up the mountains.  INSANITY. I once heard that people used to think it opened your lungs.  Yeah, I get by with a little help from my friends. 

dearbicycle:

From my friend, Tom:

This is one of my favorite bike pictures of all time. As I understand it, in the 1920s, smoking was thought to help one’s respiration, so Tour De France athletes would smoke as they went up the mountains. 

INSANITY. I once heard that people used to think it opened your lungs. 

Yeah, I get by with a little help from my friends.