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Re: Suspension on *road* bikes

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From: David Tan,Box 219 Baker Lab,5481...
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 23:30
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From article <BwwKGA.36z@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz>, by pohlgm@elec.canterbury.ac.nz (G.M. Pohl):
> Jonathan L Podmore (podmorjl@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu) wrote:
> : I thought I saw a picture in Velo-News of Greg lemond using a Rock-Shock,  
> : on-road at some stage of the tour de france. Am I on dope or is this true?
> 
> You did see Rock Shox on G.L.'s bike but not at the TdF. The entire Z team
> has used Rock Shox on their road bikes for the last two years at Paris-
> Roubaix. This is because almost the entire race is on COBBLESTONES and 
				      ^^^^^^
Actually, if you wish to split hairs into four, only about 20% or so (maybe
not even that much) is on cobbles, but the cobbles define the race.

dave

> 
> 'It has recently been discovered that 73% of all statistics are worthless' 
>  :-)
> 
> Graham Pohl <POHLGM@elec.canterbury.ac.nz>
> Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
> University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
> 
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