Hallo Stefan, das erinnert mich immer an den Yeti-Furtado-Campa Skandal, weil das Campa-Zeug einfach nie funktionierte ...
B.t.w. vielleicht sollte ich das Haro doch lieber mit der XT II aufbauen?
THE FURTADO/CAMPY AFFAIR
In John Parker’s Own Words
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‘It was a pretty simple decision really, but one that still pains me to this day. The day before the race, Juli’s drivetrain wasn’t working good, it kept popping out of gear. We were a Campy sponsored team but when we took the bike to the Campagnolo truck everybody was working on the men’s bikes and the guy in charge told us that they would get to Julie’s bike when they had time. In fact, the head guy told us that she’d ‘just have to live with it.’ Doug Bradbury and I looked at each other and simply knew that was not an option. We both knew that Furtado was there to send a message – she planned to win. But even though she wasn’t the most tech savvy rider out there, she knew the bike wasn’t working. ‘Parks,’ she told me, ‘it won’t stay in gear.’ We realized her bike had to work better than it was for her to win the rainbow jersey.
Now, we were sponsored by Campy, but as passionate and well meaning as Valentino Campagnolo was, he didn’t design the parts and he wasn’t working at the truck. There were options, but I hated to go against Valentino. It was not my first choice, but we made every effort we could. To this day I still have more respect for Valentino than he probably has for me and that’s unfortunate. Later in the day Doug and I talked about it and he reminded me that we came to the races to win, not make friends. We had a winning hand in Furtado….so we asked Kozo
Shimano to leave a gruppo on the bumper of the box truck and deep into the night the drivetrain got swapped out.
The next day Julie went out and schooled all the girls that were supposed to win. Specialized had bet the bank on Sara Ballantyne and she was off the back in second over three minutes back! We were of course beside ourselves with the joy that comes from winning big. It was a bit of a hollow victory – we had to use electrical tape to cover the Campagnolo sticker on the top tube. Although I felt like I had betrayed Valentino, I still think it was his guy at the truck who betrayed both of us.
As for the weekend itself, what can I say but we were blessed. We were just the scrappy little bike company and we came away with a huge upset victory. The sport itself was also blessed that weekend and it was helped along by guys like Bill Woodull and Charlie Litzky who did so much for the sport. Yeti Cycles is 25 years old now and they are still winning races, part of that is from the legacy that began in 1990.’
Quelle:
https://mbaction.com/durango-worlds-look-back-part-three-the-furtadocampagnolo-scandal/
Die schwarze LX gehört für mich auch zu den schönsten Schaltgruppen.
