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  1. Biaggi had a Shimano logo his left upper chest after the SA GP yesterday.

  2. Carl Sundquist said:

    Biaggi had a Shimano logo his left upper chest after the SA GP yesterday.

    Uh, his right, but yeah. Who again was the motor racer who cycles as
    training pretty seriously; not him was it?

  3. On 19 Apr 2004 11:20:11 -0700, [email hidden] (Carl

    Sundquist) said:

    Biaggi had a Shimano logo his left upper chest after the SA GP yesterday.

    Maybe he needs to switch to Campag if he's going to beat #46

    Regards!
    Stephen

  4. Ewoud Dronkert said:
    Carl Sundquist said:

    Biaggi had a Shimano logo his left upper chest after the SA GP yesterday.

    Uh, his right, but yeah. Who again was the motor racer who cycles as
    training pretty seriously; not him was it?

    Most of them do. Most formula cars and motorcycles are too abusive to
    drive/ride without being in very good cardiovascular shape, and many
    drivers use cycling to build that cardiovascular shape. Paul Tracy, the
    Champcar racer, was sponsored by Fondriest, who gave him some nice
    Record-equipped bikes in exchange for a logo on his helmet. I can also
    think of others - Emerson and Christian Fittipaldi (I once saw a picture
    of Emerson on a Zipp time trial bike, with a Marlboro logo painted on
    the disk - "isn't it ironic, dontcha think?"😉, Walter Rohrl (who was
    supposedly a pretty good amateur bike racer in addition to a World Rally
    Champion), Bob Wollek (who died in a bicycling accident in Florida while
    training for the 12 Hours of Sebring sportscar race), Alain Prost,
    Michael Schumacher, etc.

  5. Michael Zaharis said:
    Ewoud Dronkert said:
    Carl Sundquist said:

    Biaggi had a Shimano logo his left upper chest after the SA GP
    yesterday.

    Uh, his right, but yeah. Who again was the motor racer who cycles as
    training pretty seriously; not him was it?

    Most of them do. Most formula cars and motorcycles are too abusive to
    drive/ride without being in very good cardiovascular shape, and many
    drivers use cycling to build that cardiovascular shape. Paul Tracy, the
    Champcar racer, was sponsored by Fondriest, who gave him some nice
    Record-equipped bikes in exchange for a logo on his helmet. I can also
    think of others - Emerson and Christian Fittipaldi (I once saw a picture
    of Emerson on a Zipp time trial bike, with a Marlboro logo painted on
    the disk - "isn't it ironic, dontcha think?"😉, Walter Rohrl (who was
    supposedly a pretty good amateur bike racer in addition to a World Rally
    Champion), Bob Wollek (who died in a bicycling accident in Florida while
    training for the 12 Hours of Sebring sportscar race), Alain Prost,
    Michael Schumacher, etc.

    Alain Prost
    http://www.prostgp.org/01_10e03.htm

    Tony Kanaan
    http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/20040409-9999-lz1s9drive.html

    Paul Tracy (see LAF entry)
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2002/dec02/dec14news

    Paul Tracy and Patrick Carpentier
    http://www.cyclingforums.com/t22286.html

    So on, so forth

  6. Current AMA racer and former US Superbike Champ Miguel Duhamel is being
    coached by Carmachael this year.

    "Ewoud Dronkert" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Carl Sundquist said:

    Biaggi had a Shimano logo his left upper chest after the SA GP


    yesterday.

    Quoted message said:


    Uh, his right, but yeah. Who again was the motor racer who cycles as
    training pretty seriously; not him was it?

  7. "Michael Zaharis" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:


    > Biaggi had a Shimano logo his left upper chest after the SA GP
    > yesterday.

    Uh, his right, but yeah. Who again was the motor racer who cycles as
    training pretty seriously; not him was it?

    Most of them do. Most formula cars and motorcycles are too abusive to
    drive/ride without being in very good cardiovascular shape, and many
    drivers use cycling to build that cardiovascular shape. Paul Tracy, the
    Champcar racer, was sponsored by Fondriest, who gave him some nice
    Record-equipped bikes in exchange for a logo on his helmet. I can also
    think of others - Emerson and Christian Fittipaldi (I once saw a picture
    of Emerson on a Zipp time trial bike, with a Marlboro logo painted on
    the disk - "isn't it ironic, dontcha think?"😉, Walter Rohrl (who was
    supposedly a pretty good amateur bike racer in addition to a World Rally
    Champion), Bob Wollek (who died in a bicycling accident in Florida while
    training for the 12 Hours of Sebring sportscar race), Alain Prost,
    Michael Schumacher, etc.

    Alain Prost
    http://www.prostgp.org/01_10e03.htm

    Tony Kanaan
    http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/20040409-9999-lz1s9drive.html

    Paul Tracy (see LAF entry)
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2002/dec02/dec14news

    Paul Tracy and Patrick Carpentier
    http://www.cyclingforums.com/t22286.html

    So on, so forth

  8. "Carl Sundquist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Biaggi had a Shimano logo his left upper chest after the SA GP yesterday.

    Was that before or after Rossi beat him?

    Dave

  9. "Ewoud Dronkert" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Carl Sundquist said:

    Biaggi had a Shimano logo his left upper chest after the SA GP yesterday.

    Uh, his right, but yeah. Who again was the motor racer who cycles as
    training pretty seriously; not him was it?

    Troy Bayliss, who actually bought the special edition Ducati Litespeed, for charity
    Dave

  10. Ewoud Dronkert said:

    Uh, his right, but yeah. Who again was the motor racer who cycles as
    training pretty seriously; not him was it?

    In the 125-cc category of road racing world championship, there's an
    Italian rider called Max Sabbatani, who's 150 cm tall and weighs 39 kg.
    Shouldn't he make a pretty good climber?

    -as

  11. "Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:


    Uh, his right, but yeah. Who again was the motor racer who cycles as
    training pretty seriously; not him was it?

    Troy Bayliss, who actually bought the special edition Ducati Litespeed,


    for charity

    Quoted message said:

    Dave

    I read where Mat Mladin was riding 300 miles/week last year.

  12. Was the logo for Shimano cycling or Shimano fishing or indeterminate?

    JT

  13. "Carl Sundquist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:


    "Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:


    Uh, his right, but yeah. Who again was the motor racer who cycles as
    training pretty seriously; not him was it?

    Troy Bayliss, who actually bought the special edition Ducati Litespeed,


    for charity

    Quoted message said:

    Dave

    I read where Mat Mladin was riding 300 miles/week last year.

    I have no doubt he does as I am sure a lot of the other riders do as well
    Dave

  14. "Ewoud Dronkert" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Carl Sundquist said:

    Biaggi had a Shimano logo his left upper chest after the SA GP


    yesterday.

    Quoted message said:


    Uh, his right, but yeah. Who again was the motor racer who cycles as
    training pretty seriously; not him was it?

    Biaggi is more into footie, like Shuey.

  15. "Carl Sundquist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    "Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:


    Uh, his right, but yeah. Who again was the motor racer who cycles as
    training pretty seriously; not him was it?

    Troy Bayliss, who actually bought the special edition Ducati Litespeed,


    for charity

    I read where Mat Mladin was riding 300 miles/week last year.

    And what about Jimmy? I heard that Jimmy got a new Schwinn!!!

    Err, ain't this string just a little lame?

  16. "Carl Sundquist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    Biaggi had a Shimano logo his left upper chest after the SA GP yesterday.

    Wonder if he's blamed the logo for causing him to lose yesterday..."The
    logo..it slow me down..I can't compete if I don't have the right
    equipment!!" Heehee..

    Cheers,

    Scott..

  17. "John Forrest Tomlinson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Was the logo for Shimano cycling or Shimano fishing or indeterminate?

    Indeterminate.

  18. In article <[email hidden]>,

    S. Anderson said:

    "Carl Sundquist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Biaggi had a Shimano logo his left upper chest after the SA GP yesterday.

    Wonder if he's blamed the logo for causing him to lose yesterday..."The
    logo..it slow me down..I can't compete if I don't have the right
    equipment!!" Heehee..

    Cheers,

    Scott..

    Max didn't seem to have anything to complain about after that race. I'd
    say he was rather pleased to end up second. But it's true that he has been
    (and likely will be) fairly vocal about percieved equipment issues.

    --
    tanx,
    Howard

    Q: Can we call it a quagmire yet?

    remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

  19. John Forrest Tomlinson said:

    Was the logo for Shimano cycling or Shimano fishing or indeterminate?

    Just the name:
    http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040418/capt.xth10604181429.south_africa_grand_prix_xth106.jpg

  20. I would like to see some of the Nascar guys getting a regular workout.
    They could ride outdated equipment : pre-indexed, non-duel pivot
    ,steel lugged frames. That way they wouldn't feel out of place when
    they got back on the race track.

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