▲ 71 ▼ Michelin bicycle tyres, 1900-1909 (thelemmy.club) submitted 11 hours ago by klu9@piefed.social to c/vintageads@sh.itjust.works 15 comments fedilink hide all child comments LE MEILLEUR : THE BEST LE MOINS CHER : THE LEAST EXPENSIVE PNEU VÉLO MICHELIN : MICHELIN BICYCLE TYRES Featuring Bibendum, a.k.a. the Michelin Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelin_Man
[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 13 points 11 hours ago (2 children) Like many people, Bibendum put on a lot of weight when the automobile age arrived permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dparticiple@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 hours ago (1 child) And took up cigar smoking whilst exercising! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 hours ago (2 children) Tour de France cyclists used to smoke before climbing into the mountains to warm the lungs or some other stupid reason. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dparticiple@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 hours ago Seems to be a theme! - https://sh.itjust.works/post/66020933 permalink fedilink source parent [–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago I'm sure some of them were sponsored to do that, the whole Tour de France was basically an extremely successful marketing campaign permalink fedilink source parent [–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 hours ago TIL the mascot had a name permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dparticiple@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 hours ago (1 child) And took up cigar smoking whilst exercising! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 hours ago (2 children) Tour de France cyclists used to smoke before climbing into the mountains to warm the lungs or some other stupid reason. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dparticiple@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 hours ago Seems to be a theme! - https://sh.itjust.works/post/66020933 permalink fedilink source parent [–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago I'm sure some of them were sponsored to do that, the whole Tour de France was basically an extremely successful marketing campaign permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 hours ago (2 children) Tour de France cyclists used to smoke before climbing into the mountains to warm the lungs or some other stupid reason. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dparticiple@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 hours ago Seems to be a theme! - https://sh.itjust.works/post/66020933 permalink fedilink source parent [–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago I'm sure some of them were sponsored to do that, the whole Tour de France was basically an extremely successful marketing campaign permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dparticiple@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 hours ago Seems to be a theme! - https://sh.itjust.works/post/66020933 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago I'm sure some of them were sponsored to do that, the whole Tour de France was basically an extremely successful marketing campaign permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 hours ago TIL the mascot had a name permalink fedilink source parent
