I wish multi-stage races had to only use one bike for the entire race. If it broke, sorry Lance, race over. That and/or everybody had the same bike. Biachi could sponsor the Giro, and everyone would have to ride the same bike for example.
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Seth Vidal <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Eric Norris <[email protected]> wrote: > > Found these photos hanging on the wall at a bakery in Ukiah. The Tour de > > France riders in the early days were *very* Riv-ish ... they would have > > looked totally at home riding a Quickbeam, since they all rode fixed > gears > > until the 1930s! > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/35176...@n03/sets/72157613453676185/ > > > > Well, they sort of rode fixed gears. When you change out the bike to > change gear sizes, that's like having a truck-sized derailer :). > > Jan Heine has a good story about this in vbq from a little while ago, now. > > -sv > > > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
