These serious-faced professional sportsmen are clearly focused on total commitment and optimum performance. No compromises here in the relentless quest for speed.

So what are they doing using an Excel Dynamic Syncromesh derailleur - and what’s with the hairy legs, the tennis shoes, the giant triangular reflectors and the give-away idiot ‘safety’ levers on the brakes. Does anyone on The Superstars set know anything about what they’re talking about? Have they even heard of track mitts?

• Publisher: Boy’s Life
• Country: USA
• Date: April 1976
• Derailleur brands: Excel
• Derailleurs: Excel Dynamic Syncromesh (1st style)?, Excel Dynamic Syncromesh (2nd style)?