Roper Steam 1896
Roper Steam 1896
Sadly… this bike was the death of Roper (if you read the captions?)
Roper death 1896
…when actually he just had a heart attack while riding but had the presence of mind to pull his bike to a stop before losing consciousness for the last time…
Posted: April 6th, 2010
Author: lock
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