snipped from Steve Maasland:
Fausto Pinarello wanted
> to capitalize on the fact that Pinarello bikes were used to win 7 straight
> Tour de Frances.
>
> Steven Maasland
> Moorestown, NJ
Was it the Piniarello bikes or just the decals that won all those tours? They were actually Dario Pegoretti's creations, as he built for all Piniarello-riding pros from 1991-1997. He also helped Dedaccia and Excell develop some strange tubesets, most notably the "radius" that's found on the Piniarello Radius from the 1990's. There's one for sale on e-bay as we speak. Brittle tubeset apparently, early super-thin-walled stuff. He also did much of trhe development on all the wierd "mega-tube" shaped stuff. Interestingly, ten years later, he's chucked all that in the trash bin, and uses only round tubes, everywhere, even in chainstays, with no taper.
Charlie Shafer
madison, Ct.