Comments on: VeloNews Strikes Again! http://cyclocosm.com/2006/04/velonews-strikes-again/ Pro Cycling News, Commentary and Special Features Fri, 18 May 2012 13:20:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://cyclocosm.com/2006/04/velonews-strikes-again/comment-page-1/#comment-356 Anonymous Mon, 22 May 2006 01:52:00 +0000 #comment-356 Sound Like you have a personal issue with velonews, trek, or bontrager...........mabey all three Sound Like you have a personal issue with velonews, trek, or bontrager………..mabey all three

]]> By: Anonymous http://cyclocosm.com/2006/04/velonews-strikes-again/comment-page-1/#comment-355 Anonymous Thu, 04 May 2006 15:44:00 +0000 #comment-355 Hey Cosmo, when are you going to post again? Just because you got a job doesn't mean you get to blow off the blogging! Hey Cosmo, when are you going to post again? Just because you got a job doesn’t mean you get to blow off the blogging!

]]> By: Marcello Prattico http://cyclocosm.com/2006/04/velonews-strikes-again/comment-page-1/#comment-354 Marcello Prattico Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:10:00 +0000 #comment-354 The use of Carbon rims goes even farther back than 2001. Spinergy x-lights were used extensively in the peloton. But their use diminished when they would suffer spectacular failures where the entire wheel would literally explode. <BR/><BR/><I>In 1999 A relatively innocuous crash in the pro peloton involving a bike with Spinery wheels a few years<BR/>back in the Tour of Germany was responsible for almost severing the knee cap of one of the Worlds<BR/>Top Pros - Michele Bartoli. The details of the accident were apparenty hushed up (with rumors of a<BR/>damage limitation campaign by Spinery and reportedly a very large compensation payout to Bartoli).</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.cyclingforums.com/archive/index.php/t-53421.html" REL="nofollow">cyclingforums link</A> The use of Carbon rims goes even farther back than 2001. Spinergy x-lights were used extensively in the peloton. But their use diminished when they would suffer spectacular failures where the entire wheel would literally explode.

In 1999 A relatively innocuous crash in the pro peloton involving a bike with Spinery wheels a few years
back in the Tour of Germany was responsible for almost severing the knee cap of one of the Worlds
Top Pros – Michele Bartoli. The details of the accident were apparenty hushed up (with rumors of a
damage limitation campaign by Spinery and reportedly a very large compensation payout to Bartoli).

cyclingforums link

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