This was bicycle brand jersey day from that year. There's the Bianchi Babe in her Bianchi jersey emblematic of her Bianchi Veloce. There's Santini doing double duty in her Specialized jersey from Cross Country Cycles emblematic of her Specialized Elite purchased at Cross Country Cycles. And there is Gino wearing an Independent Fabrications jersey emblematic of his one of 5 specially built for Mavic for use as a neutral support team bike (Mavic Service Courses, my bike rode the yellow car) at professional bike races in the USA including the San Francisco Grand Prix during 2002, one built in each 2cm increment from 52 to 60, and sold off at the end of the season by Mavic and Gino stumbled onto the sale and purchased (for less than the price of the frame, less than the price of the components, in short, a really good deal) the 56 which fits me like a glove Independent Fabrication Crown Jewel Special Edition Custom Build complete with the sterling silver headbadge, Mavic Ksyrium SL SSC wheelset, Mavic brakes, mostly Campagnolo Chorus with some Record 10 speed components mix, painted in Mavic corporate yellow and black, a really, really nice bike, the last guy who rode it before me was a professional bicycle racer.Obviously there is another story in there somewhere.
2 comments:
Pretty bikey post. I remember the day -- I prefer the blue Specialized jersy, but the red did match the Elite. And that's important.~ Nice memory of biking, past. 70 yesterday. Snow here today. (A happy b'day to The Bianchi Babe.)
What an excellent photo. I would like to mention that it was taken by a member of Staff (possibly Staff E) in her pursuit of standards somewhat higher than woefully inadequate. Just throwing that out there.
Quite a run on sentence you have there, although it is a really nice bike and probably deserves it.
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