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- From: ianbjor@argon.gas.uug.arizona.edu (Ian D. Bjorhovde)
- Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.racing
- Subject: Re: Team Motorola will Race on Clinchers in 1993
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.022904.21019@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 2 Jan 93 02:29:04 GMT
- References: <ljhcbbINN575@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <3450009@hplred.HPL.HP.COM>
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- In article <3450009@hplred.HPL.HP.COM> jbrandt@hplred.HPL.HP.COM (Jobst Brandt) writes:
- >I think there is a misunderstanding of the concept here. Pro teams
- >don't choose tires on the basis of whether they get glass cuts or
- >thorns. First off, the roads they race on in Europe have
- >practically none of these hazards and second, they ride the tire
- >that pays them to ride them. Tires are such an apparently important
- >piece of equipment that I can't imagine a business director would
- >just use one tire over others at the current state of affairs. I
- >would guess that Continental or Michelin would pick this one up
- >because they are the two big European firms that have taken a great
- >interest in racing.
-
- No kidding, Jobst! Why do pros use anything? Because they are
- SPONSORED. Why did *I* start riding Continentals? Because they gave my
- team a good deal, as I said in my previous post. However, many pros
- have been known to use their personal 'favorite' equipment, as I am sure
- that you know, and simply remove the manufacturer's logo. (To keep
- flames down: Yes, this would be kind of difficult with Contis,
- considering their unique coloring).
-
- >> I have ridden a pair of Contis for over 5 months, no flats, no
- >> problems. (They were pretty dead when I changed them, though).
- >
- >Your testimonial is a bit ambivalent. What was the measure by which
- >they were "pretty dead". How many miles did you get on the rear
- >tire?
-
- Like Terry said, I was just trying to show my PERSONAL like of
- Continental tires. Note that my original follow-up was to someone who
- said (sorry, I can't remember the name): "Can you say Continental? I
- knew you could".
-
- Sheesh.
-
-
- --Ian D. Bjorhovde
- ianbjor@gas.uug.arizona.edu
- Systems Administrator
- Unix Users Group, The University of Arizona
-