Otto Eisele This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. www.bikeraceinfo.com

   www.bikeraceinfo.com/riderhist - [Cached]

   Published on: 4/26/2007   Last Visited: 4/26/2007

   "If anyone knows who he is or where he came from to represent America, we would like to hear about it," wrote Otto Eisele, secretary of the Amateur Bicycle League of America (predecessor to the U.S. Cycling Federation and USA Cycling, Inc.), in American Bicyclist, then the only national cycling publication.
   
   Ironically, some of Magnani's triumphs had been reported previously in the magazine during the 1930s. His victory in the 1935 Marseille-Nice road race classic had astonished everyone when it catapulted him to world-class stature. He won other races and performed well in one-day classics such as Milan-San Remo. In the post-World War II years, however, the earlier reporting was forgotten and confidence in American cycling sagged so badly that a U.S. rider holding his own against the Europeans apparently seemed to stretch credibility.

2. 2. Book Reviews: My Life on Two Wheels - ExperiencePlus! Reading Room

   www.experienceplus.com/reading - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/15/2005   Last Visited: 6/8/2006

   It included John Auerbach, Executive Director of the Bicycle Institute of America, Otto Eisele, president of the Amateur Bicycle League of America which was to become the United States Cycling Federation (USCF); Keith Kingbay, public relations specialist for the Schwinn Bicycle Company; "Huffy" Huffman of Huffy Bicycles; Jack Hartman, 1960 US Olympic sprinter; and Stephen Dietz, president of the American Youth Hostel Association.

3. 3. Joseph Magnani

   www.torelli.com/raceinfo/rider - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/23/2004   Last Visited: 2/17/2006

   "If anyone knows who he is or where he came from to represent America, we would like to hear about it," wrote Otto Eisele, secretary of the Amateur Bicycle League of America (predecessor to the U.S. Cycling Federation and USA Cycling, Inc.), in American Bicyclist, then the only national cycling publication.
   
   Ironically, some of Magnani's triumphs had been reported previously in the magazine during the 1930s. His victory in the 1935 Marseille-Nice road race classic had astonished everyone when it catapulted him to world-class stature. He won other races and performed well in one-day classics such as Milan-San Remo. In the post-World War II years, however, the earlier reporting was forgotten and confidence in American cycling sagged so badly that a U.S. rider holding his own against the Europeans apparently seemed to stretch credibility.