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

(Example: Framebuilders:Alex Singer)

From: "Peter Koskinen" <peter@prkbikes.com>
To: <OROBOYZ@aol.com>, <themaaslands@comcast.net>, <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR]Yesterday's equipment in modern races
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 22:23:17 -0400
In-Reply-To: <1e3.200246ca.2dd2a5ef@aol.com>
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Actually the Bontrager disk's that USPS are currently using are made by Zipp Speed Weaponry in Indianapolis, Indiana. http://www.zipp.com

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming....

Peter Koskinen Chappa Hill, NC

-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of OROBOYZ@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 5:56 PM To: themaaslands@comcast.net; Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]Yesterday's equipment in modern races

In a message dated 5/11/2004 5:20:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, themaaslands@comcast.net writes:

<< Effectively, no component sponsorship deal is ever good enough to overcome the penalty imposed by inadequate components. >>

I will have to agree. That reminds me of the refusal of Lance & his boys to use the Trek made Rolf

& Bontrager wheels. They instead chose Mavic until the Trek wheel's reliability factor improved to an acceptable level. (Mavic goes way back into the on-topic era so I hope the list master will not give me the boot for drifting off topic)

Dale Brown
Greensboro, NC