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Conference noted::bicycle

Title:	Bicycling
Notice:	Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:	JAMIN::WASSER

Created:	Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3214
Total number of notes:	31946

572.0. "Your Klein or Cannondale is illegal" by AQUA::OCONNOR (The law dont want no gear-gammer) Fri Mar 11 1988 12:21

    Hi,
    
    Just read this Article in V-news in which the UCI has, in an effort
    to curb extreme aerodynamic tricks in bikes, outlawed from
    international competition any bike with 'fat' tubes.  This was done
    to outlaw the extreme airfoil shapes being used and the UCI was
    not aware of Kleins, Cannondales, Treks or Kestrels.  The USCF has
    decided to allow racers to use them in non-international and national
    events.
    
    Joe

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572.1	But I gotta teardrop shaped aerodynamic bod...	MENTOR::REG	Keep Right, ACcept being passed	`Fri Mar 11 1988 14:09`	7
	re .0 Sounds reasonable enough to me, but I wasn't planning to use my Stumpjumper in any international road races anyway. Know anyone on the international circuit using Cannondales ? Reg {Vitus}
572.2	Aluminum Intrigue	MDVAX1::DIGNAN	Walk between the raindrops	`Fri Mar 11 1988 20:01`	9
	My brother is in product mgmt with Cannondale (for their new tandem) and he says that somebody with Vitus is on the board or panel that made this ruling...they most certainly were aware of the impact on Cannondale, because Cannondale fought it all the way. Pat (brother) says that Cannondale had lined up some prominent U.S. riders to use their stuff, but it all fell apart when the ruling was made. They are still trying to get it reversed or modified. a mix of normal, fat and fatter tubes that really look strange...
572.3	I'll need something else for the worlds :-)	AQUA::OCONNOR	The law dont want no gear-gammer	`Mon Mar 14 1988 13:30`	10
	Re .2 Reg, I'm looking at a picture of Connie Carpenter on what is definately a black Cannondale. And Davis is supposed to be riding one too. I guess it just means I'll just have get something else to ride in the worlds this year :-) :-) :-). Joe-who-is-bummed-out-by-this-snow
572.4		PSG::BUCHANAN	Bat	`Mon Mar 14 1988 16:01`	10
	Davis Phinney advertises Cannondales (he peddles them, so to speak) but he does not ride them. He rides what his sponsers get paid for. The 7-eleven team rides "Huffy" bikes, but look at the chain stay and you'll see they are made by Serrotta. Actually there are stories of riders who insist on riding their favorite bike despite who their sponsor is. For example Robert Millar fell in love with the Peuguet carbon fiber bike when he rode for Peuguet/Shell. When he went to Panasonic he didn't want to ride a steel Eddy M. (sp) so he painted his Pueguet and put on the Columbus stickers. A Cannondale, on the other hand wouldn't be so easy to hide.