Lance's big achievement

richard wrote:
Regardless of which ever way the Floyd Landis case turns out, it still
makes Lance the ONLY person ever to win the Tour de France with Shimano!

What did he name his other nut?

(There - that ought to touch off a nice flame war!)

Sorry.

--Blair

wrote:
It's worth noting that many multi-Tour winners used different bicycles
and derailleurs. Neither the bicycle nor the shifter appears to matter
as much as the marketing department would like.

"It's not about the bike."

--Blair
"I read that somewhere."

P.S. If it doesn't matter, then why did a Dura-Ace _never_ win?

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Thanks for that table! I was just thinking today that I need to get a copy
of The Dancing Chain.

On 5 Aug 2006 17:17:17 -0700, "Blair P. Houghton"
wrote:


wrote:
It's worth noting that many multi-Tour winners used different bicycles
and derailleurs. Neither the bicycle nor the shifter appears to matter
as much as the marketing department would like.

"It's not about the bike."

--Blair
"I read that somewhere."

P.S. If it doesn't matter, then why did a Dura-Ace _never_ win?

Dear Blair,

Possibly because the few riders capable of winning never used
Dura-Ace?

It's unlikely that Campagnolo shifters suddenly became inferior in
1999

The only notable victories for shaft-drive bicycles came when Major
Taylor rode them. When Taylor stopped riding them, they stopped
winning.

I'm intrigued by the 1930-1939 approach of putting TdF riders on
generic bicycles, possibly Fury RoadMasters.

Not that I consider the pro peloton a pack of lab rats whose sole
purpose in life is to entertain me, but . . .

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 21:25:55 -0500, Hank Wirtz
wrote:

wrote in news:nqt9d2p1lg6ov18onmh17a5npi17cqv0v0@
4ax.com:

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Thanks for that table! I was just thinking today that I need to get a copy
of The Dancing Chain.

Dear Hank,

Currently . . .

New, $33.55 including shipping.

Used, $40.87 including shipping.

(The book world is full of surprises.)

http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac... 8813_1:57:242

It's a nice book, particularly if you sometimes feel the need to stare
at really, really weird bicycle transmissions.

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

wrote:
year winner bicycle derailleur

Just a couple thoughts he

1949 Coppi Bianchi Simplex

Can't get much more canonical than that.

1955 Bobet LouisonBobet(Mercier) Huret

First time a winner's or former winner's name
is on the gear, and it's also the first time it's the same
guy riding it.

1959 Bahamontes Coppi Campagnolo

First time another rider rides another winner's name.

1980 Zoetermelk Raleigh Campagnolo

The only English frame on the list?

1985 Hinault Hinault Campagnolo
1986 Lemond Look-Hinault Campagnolo

Dude beat Hinault riding his own product...that's harsh.

1989 Lemond Bottechia Mavic
1990 Lemond Lemond Campagnolo

This guy just couldn't ride well unless there was a winner's
name on the machine, but he was fickle.

1999 Armstrong Trek Shimano
2000 Armstrong Trek Shimano
2001 Armstrong Trek Shimano
2002 Armstrong Trek Shimano
2003 Armstrong Trek Shimano
2004 Armstrong Trek Shimano
2005 Armstrong Trek Shimano

It's not about the endorsement deal.

--Blair

We had a teacher in school who always said.

"Tisn't the pen at all, but the fella behind the pen"

From the heading I thought you were going to say LA's big achievement was
keeping one step ahead of the drug testers for seven years...

"richard" wrote in message
...
Regardless of which ever way the Floyd Landis case turns out, it still
makes Lance the ONLY person ever to win the Tour de France with Shimano!

(There - that ought to touch off a nice flame war!)

In article .com,
" wrote:

We had a teacher in school who always said.

"Tisn't the pen at all, but the fella behind the pen"

would this be yer teacher in leprechaun school, then?