I think there's a lot to be said about George crashing earlier and not changing bikes. All you need a a stress fracture in Al and the cobbles will do the rest. And I was realy pulling for George. But Fabian won with a lot of style.
Rob Dayton
Charlotte, NC
USA
> I'm reading this as a dig at using aluminum, but you should
\r?\n> remember that
\r?\n> there were plenty of broken forks back in the all-steel days of racing
\r?\n> too. I think this has a lot more to say aboout Trek's "in-house"
\r?\n> production techniques than anything else. It's not the material
\r?\n> but the
\r?\n> design that matters.
\r?\n> best,
\r?\n> Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
\r?\n> Back in Coeur d'Alene, ID.
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> > A little detail from a cyclingnews.com interview with Trek on
\r?\n> Hincapie's> bike at Paris-Roubaix:
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Scott Daubert: One thing I forgot to tell you about is that
\r?\n> George is
\r?\n> > running with a different fork; it has a longer axle to crown
\r?\n> dimension,> and it has a longer rake than the normal Bontrager
\r?\n> Race Lite fork.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > CN: Is this something new you'll bring into the Trek line?
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > SD: No, it's actually from Bontrager's Satellite line, almost
\r?\n> from their
\r?\n> > commuter level, but it has dimensions that are appropriate for
\r?\n> Roubaix.> It's an in-house made fork, made at Trek from OCLV
\r?\n> carbon, it's just on a
\r?\n> > different model bike.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > CN: Is it a steel steerer?
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > SD: No, it's aluminium; it's been blasted then anodized black.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Julian (hmmm.....) Shapiro
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Sag Harbor, NY