Joseba Beloki's Team ONCE Giant weighed less than Lance's Trek 5900.
So why didn't Beloki win the Tour?
Hmm ... those ounces must not have made that much of a difference.
-------- On Mon, 09 Sep 2002 10:17:25 -0700 Chuck Schmidt wrote:
Rich Rose wrote:
>
> Chuck Schmidt wrote, in part:
>
> "Modern bicycles are all about weight, which is just
> one of the reasons lug steel construction is moot. And with modern
> bicycles (we are talking about racing bicycles I assume) 3 oz count."
>
> My response: Really?? 3 oz. of non-rotational weight counts? As in the
> difference between winning & loosing?
> Richard (non-believer) Rose
Yes, if you are talking about the top racing bikes in the TdF peloton (and that's what I talking about) 3 oz., rotational, non-rotational, is obsessed over.
Counts? Lance Armstrong is certainly concerned over it and thinks it does.
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