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

On 19 Apr 2004 11:20:11 -0700, Carl Sundquist wrote:
> 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?

On 19 Apr 2004 11:20:11 -0700, carlsun@cox-internet.com (Carl
Sundquist) wrote:

>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

Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
> On 19 Apr 2004 11:20:11 -0700, Carl Sundquist wrote:
>
>>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.

Michael Zaharis wrote:
>
>
> Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
>
>> On 19 Apr 2004 11:20:11 -0700, Carl Sundquist wrote:
>>
>>> 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

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


"Ewoud Dronkert" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> On 19 Apr 2004 11:20:11 -0700, Carl Sundquist wrote:
> > 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?

"Michael Zaharis" <mz_groups@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:afWgc.26$Z_.106@news.oracle.com...
> >>
> >>> 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
>

"Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote in message
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> Biaggi had a Shimano logo his left upper chest after the SA GP yesterday.

Was that before or after Rossi beat him?

Dave

"Ewoud Dronkert" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> On 19 Apr 2004 11:20:11 -0700, Carl Sundquist wrote:
> > 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

Ewoud Dronkert <me@privacy.net> wrote:

> 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

"Dave" <dhansen2@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
> >
> > 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
>
>

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

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

JT

"Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Dave" <dhansen2@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
> > >
> > > 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
> >
> >
>
> 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

"Ewoud Dronkert" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> On 19 Apr 2004 11:20:11 -0700, Carl Sundquist wrote:
> > 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?

Biaggi is more into footie, like Shuey.

"Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Dave" <dhansen2@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
> > >
> > > 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?

"Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote in message
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> 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..

"John Forrest Tomlinson" <usenetremove@jt10000.com> wrote in message
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> Was the logo for Shimano cycling or Shimano fishing or indeterminate?
>

Indeterminate.

In article <TNZgc.9341$CO3.463069@news20.bellglobal.com>,
"S. Anderson" <scott.anderson3@zsympaticoz.ca> wrote:

> "Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote in message
> news:782bd281.0404191020.598db1b6@posting.google.com...
> > 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?

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 18:40:43 -0400, John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:
> 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

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.