Boonen's Bike

http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=2002
"Boonen will start Sunday’s Tour of Flanders with a bike that Time
director Alain Decroix estimates would cost about 20,000 euros to buy. "

OK, that's got to be some kind of a record.

"Geraard Spergen" wrote in message
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http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=2002
"Boonen will start Sunday’s Tour of Flanders with a bike that Time
director Alain Decroix estimates would cost about 20,000 euros to buy. "

OK, that's got to be some kind of a record.

And a rear wheel with 36 spokes. Lovely!

B. Lafferty wrote:
"Geraard Spergen" wrote in message
...
http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=2002
"Boonen will start Sunday's Tour of Flanders with a bike that Time
director Alain Decroix estimates would cost about 20,000 euros to buy. "

OK, that's got to be some kind of a record.

And a rear wheel with 36 spokes. Lovely!

Sounds like an intelligent plan to me. Especially when getting another
bike, or support may be difficult. You've got to be there in the end to
win. Not sure they need to spend 20,000Euros to get that though.
Bill C

"Geraard Spergen" wrote in message
...
http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=2002
"Boonen will start Sunday’s Tour of Flanders with a bike that Time
director Alain Decroix estimates would cost about 20,000 euros to buy. "

OK, that's got to be some kind of a record.

Only 20.000? Peanuts. In 2004 Armstrong tried a TT-bike which had costed $
250.000. He wasn't satisfied, so it was thrown on the scrapheap.

Benjo

On 3/31/06 4:35 PM, in article
, "Bill C"
wrote:


B. Lafferty wrote:
"Geraard Spergen" wrote in message
...
http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=2002
"Boonen will start Sunday's Tour of Flanders with a bike that Time
director Alain Decroix estimates would cost about 20,000 euros to buy. "

OK, that's got to be some kind of a record.

And a rear wheel with 36 spokes. Lovely!

Sounds like an intelligent plan to me. Especially when getting another
bike, or support may be difficult. You've got to be there in the end to
win. Not sure they need to spend 20,000Euros to get that though.
Bill C


It costs that much because it is a "one-off" machine I do see it mentioned
they actually made 3. If it was mass produced, like most other high end
bikes, it would probably be 7k

ST wrote:
On 3/31/06 4:35 PM, in article
, "Bill C"
wrote:


B. Lafferty wrote:
"Geraard Spergen" wrote in message
...
http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=2002
"Boonen will start Sunday's Tour of Flanders with a bike that Time
director Alain Decroix estimates would cost about 20,000 euros to buy. "

OK, that's got to be some kind of a record.

And a rear wheel with 36 spokes. Lovely!

Sounds like an intelligent plan to me. Especially when getting another
bike, or support may be difficult. You've got to be there in the end to
win. Not sure they need to spend 20,000Euros to get that though.
Bill C


It costs that much because it is a "one-off" machine I do see it mentioned
they actually made 3. If it was mass produced, like most other high end
bikes, it would probably be 7k

I'm sure that Richie Sachs could give him very comparable ride,
reliability, and strength characteristics, at close to the same weight,
even though they say weight isn't a factor. I'm also pretty sure that
he'd be really happy to build 3 bikes at that price per. It's a stunt
to promote both Boonen's power and their skill, it's not about the
bike, it's about creating an image.
Bill C

"Boonen will start Sunday's Tour of Flanders with a bike that Time
director Alain Decroix estimates would cost about 20,000 euros to buy. "

OK, that's got to be some kind of a record.

Only 20.000? Peanuts. In 2004 Armstrong tried a TT-bike which had costed $
250.000. He wasn't satisfied, so it was thrown on the scrapheap.

Benjo

Lance scrapped a whole lot more than just that bike. Oh the stories...

--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
"benjo maso" wrote in message
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"Geraard Spergen" wrote in message
...
http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=2002
"Boonen will start Sunday's Tour of Flanders with a bike that Time
director Alain Decroix estimates would cost about 20,000 euros to buy. "

OK, that's got to be some kind of a record.

Only 20.000? Peanuts. In 2004 Armstrong tried a TT-bike which had costed $
250.000. He wasn't satisfied, so it was thrown on the scrapheap.

Benjo

In article . com,
"Bill C" wrote:

I'm sure that Richie Sachs could give him very comparable ride...

Hey moron, he doesn't have a year to wait for an overrated pos...

In article ,
"Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote:

"benjo maso" wrote in message
...
"Boonen will start Sunday's Tour of Flanders with a bike that Time
director Alain Decroix estimates would cost about 20,000 euros to buy. "

OK, that's got to be some kind of a record.

Only 20.000? Peanuts. In 2004 Armstrong tried a TT-bike which had costed $
250.000. He wasn't satisfied, so it was thrown on the scrapheap.

Benjo

Lance scrapped a whole lot more than just that bike. Oh the stories...

If I've got the chronology right, is that the notorious "narrow bike"
chronicled in Coyle's "Lance Armstrong's War"?

That was one of the best cycling books I read last year, eclipsed only
by Krabbe's "The Rider"

Oh, and I haven't read "Sweat of the Gods" yet.

--
Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

On Sat, 01 Apr 2006 01:07:49 +0200, B. Lafferty wrote:



OK, that's got to be some kind of a record.

And a rear wheel with 36 spokes. Lovely!

Prolly all tied and soldered too like we used to do

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