Why do you assume that everyone around him tried to convince him to use carbon? Or that it was a matter of not trusting a carbon fork? Plenty of carbon forks survived the cobbles just fine. I suspect he wanted to use a fatter tire than would fit in any of the carbon forks that the team had handy, so they used what was available to do the job.
Bill On Apr 15, 9:55 am, cm <chrispmur...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I think what is amazing about the lugged steel fork used in PR is that > he is professional cyclist with access to any fork he wants and he > elected to use steel? I think that is scary for two reasons, first b/c > it makes it seem like he doesnt trust the carbon fork for even one > race (i am sure he could have a new one for the next race), and > second, the cobbles at PR prob represent a more accurate picture of > what the non-racer experiences over a bikes lifetime. > > I find it shocking that the team mechanics, sponsors, and other riders > couldn't/ didn't convince him to use carbon. That may be the weirdest > part. > > Cheers! > cm -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
