I'd be surprised if he was the only one. A good quote
from Andy Hampsten about that time went something like
"Nothing scares me as much as descending on a carbon
fiber bike except maybe for climbing without one."
David Feldman
Vancouver, WA
> In a message dated 6/3/02 6:04:47 AM Pacific
> Daylight Time,
> feldmanbike@yahoo.com writes:
>
> << have seen pictures of MI in his Reynolds team
> days;
> the whole lot of them rode TVT's with Pinarello
> decals.
> I have also seen a picture of him on another TVT
> with
> later markings @ Banesto-color Pinarello bike.
> Hard
> to think of a worse match of rider to bike unless
> maybe Arnold Schwarzenegger on a Vitus! >>
>
> I heard of at least one rider that would use his
> flexy TVT or whatever, on
> the uphill mountain sections and then switch at the
> top to something that was
> less death defying on the descents. Was that Miguel
> or someone else?
> Stevan Thomas
> Alameda, CA
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