klu9@piefed.social to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agoMichelin bicycle tyres, 1900-1909media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up187arrow-down1imageMichelin bicycle tyres, 1900-1909media.piefed.socialklu9@piefed.social to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square16linkfedilinkfile-text
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
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·10 days agoLike many people, Bibendum put on a lot of weight when the automobile age arrived
minus-squaredparticiple@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 days agoAnd took up cigar smoking whilst exercising!
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 days agoTour de France cyclists used to smoke before climbing into the mountains to warm the lungs or some other stupid reason.
minus-squareTargaryenTKE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 days agoI’m sure some of them were sponsored to do that, the whole Tour de France was basically an extremely successful marketing campaign
minus-squaredparticiple@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoSeems to be a theme! - https://sh.itjust.works/post/66020933
minus-squareAkasazh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoIt means ‘drinking’ in Latin and the slogan was that the tire drinks up (absorbs) all obstacles.
Like many people, Bibendum put on a lot of weight when the automobile age arrived
And took up cigar smoking whilst exercising!
Tour de France cyclists used to smoke before climbing into the mountains to warm the lungs or some other stupid reason.
I’m sure some of them were sponsored to do that, the whole Tour de France was basically an extremely successful marketing campaign
Seems to be a theme! - https://sh.itjust.works/post/66020933
TIL the mascot had a name
It means ‘drinking’ in Latin and the slogan was that the tire drinks up (absorbs) all obstacles.