I was thinking about the shock forks. I also remember the guys saying that they didn't work real well, too awkward to adjust, and too much power loss on hills and when out of seat. I also remember them being blocked out and not used. All of you should remember that bike riders are lemmings, and the pros the worst. Like a heard of buffalo the indians drove over the cliff. The "peloton" thinking D-L/S had this secret weapon and therefore won, had to have it. It seemed to die a natural death after that. Remember also we're talking a long time ago and the equipment was nowhere near today's technology. Keep in mind also that if weight offsets results the guys would be using it exclusively today. It obviously doesn't meet muster and is not part of today's equipment package for those guys
> I'm far away from my magazine archive, so somebody else will have to
> verify (or disprove) this.
>
> I recall an interview with Duclos-LaSalle in Winning shortly after his
> second P-R win, in which he said that riding the sprung forks was a nod to
> one of LeMond's many sponsors, and that he rode with the 'boing' locked
> out.
>
> That might explain why they disappeared after two years. Legislation may
> have had nothing to do with it
>
> Marie Autrey
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