Re: [CR]Yesterday's equipment in modern races

(Example: Events:Cirque du Cyclisme:2007)

Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 22:03:41 -0700
From: "Jim Allen" <jimallen@nctimes.net>
To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: [CR]Yesterday's equipment in modern races
References: <156.34ad4045.2dd19957@aol.com> <40A05204.1B579992@earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <40A05204.1B579992@earthlink.net>
cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Not quite, they paved over the railroad tracks on the bottom hairpin turn.

Jim Allen the CycleSmiths San Marcos, CA 92069

Chuck Schmidt wrote:
>Wes Oishi wrote:
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>>We have a local race called the Manhattan Beach Grand Prix. If today's tires
>>are substantially better, why does there seem to be substantially more riders
>>losing it, on the last turn leading up to the finish line? OK, pilot error, I
>>know.
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>I've been going to the MBGP since 1976 and it has _always_ been a crashfest!
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>"Same as it ever was... same as it ever was... same as it ever was..."
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>Chuck Schmidt
>South Pasadena, Southern California
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