quality

http://www.velonews.com/photo/81512

John Forrest Tomlinson schreef:
http://www.velonews.com/photo/81512

Yup.

Story of his (racing) life:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/20...s08/1/_DSC8198

"Ted van de Weteringe" wrote in message
...
John Forrest Tomlinson schreef:
http://www.velonews.com/photo/81512

Yup.

Story of his (racing) life:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/20...s08/1/_DSC8198

Any idea why his bike says USA instead of TREK?

On Aug 9, 4:11*pm, "Carl Sundquist" wrote:
"Ted van de Weteringe" wrote in ...

John Forrest Tomlinson schreef:
http://www.velonews.com/photo/81512

Yup.

Story of his (racing) life:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/20....php?id=/photo....

Any idea why his bike says USA instead of TREK?

I think it has to do with restrictions placed on corporate logos by
the IOC. I'm pretty sure the bikes were allowed to have a
manufacturers' logo on the downtube only. I haven't seen too many
photos of the bikes this time around, but I'm pretty sure in past
Olympic road races you'd see logos taped over in order to meet the
rules of the IOC. I've read of some bike sponsors providing the riders
with Olympic compliant paint schemes with minimal company logos in
order to avoid the ugly aesthetic of having swaths of electrical tape
covering up logos deemed excessive.

In article ,
"Carl Sundquist" wrote:

"Ted van de Weteringe" wrote in message
...
John Forrest Tomlinson schreef:
http://www.velonews.com/photo/81512

Yup.

Story of his (racing) life:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/20...=/photos/2008/
olympics08/1/_DSC8198

Any idea why his bike says USA instead of TREK?

Strict rules on sponsor logos. I'm not sure of the exact regulations,
but it may restrict the number and size of the company logos. All of the
bikes were way less branded-up than usual, and while most seem to have
had their names on the downtubes, there were one or two where even that
was absent.

The real question is why didn't you know that already?

--
Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."

In article ,
"Carl Sundquist" wrote:

"Ted van de Weteringe" wrote in message
...
John Forrest Tomlinson schreef:
http://www.velonews.com/photo/81512

Yup.

Story of his (racing) life:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/20...=/photos/2008/
olympics08/1/_DSC8198

Any idea why his bike says USA instead of TREK?

Just to expand on my previous note, here's a good photo of the French
bikes, and my best guess as to what's happening:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/20...p?id=/photos/2
008/olympics08/1/DSCN1165

The Look bikes all say "LOOK" on the downtub, and it looks like the
forks as well. Note that the head tube badges have been stripped or
covered. That's probably the maximum amount of branding the Olympics
allow.

Note that Cyril Dessel is riding a not-Look which appears to have no
branding at all. He's riding his AG2R BH, and while the graphics from
the team bike are preserved, none of the logos seem to be present.
Compare to this (large) photo:

http://www.ag2rlamondiale-cyclisme.c...7_tdf/2008_07_
TDF_03_Q.jpg

I assume Look is a sponsor of the French cycling team, and BH is not.

The equipment logos haven't entirely disappeared. There's branding all
over stuff like the bars, the wheels, the seats...I don't know if its
presence is a case of benign neglect or a 2-component rule.

--
Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."

On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:49:20 +0200, Ted van de Weteringe
wrote:

John Forrest Tomlinson schreef:
http://www.velonews.com/photo/81512

Yup.

Story of his (racing) life:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/20...s08/1/_DSC8198

Yup.

"Ryan Cousineau" wrote in message
]...
In article ,
"Carl Sundquist" wrote:

"Ted van de Weteringe" wrote in message
...
John Forrest Tomlinson schreef:
http://www.velonews.com/photo/81512

Yup.

Story of his (racing) life:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/20...=/photos/2008/
olympics08/1/_DSC8198

Any idea why his bike says USA instead of TREK?

Strict rules on sponsor logos. I'm not sure of the exact regulations,
but it may restrict the number and size of the company logos. All of the
bikes were way less branded-up than usual, and while most seem to have
had their names on the downtubes, there were one or two where even that
was absent.

The real question is why didn't you know that already?

I was looking at it from view of the Chilean/Bolivian guy that had TREK in
all the normal sizes and places and all the huge CERVELO downtube branding.

Back in my day there were no such restrictions.

I was looking at it from view of the Chilean/Bolivian guy that had TREK in
all the normal sizes and places and all the huge CERVELO downtube
branding.


My kids got a kick out of seeing several riders on what appeared to be 100%
stock Trek bikes that we sell, including paint jobs. I'd like to get a
closer look at Contador's bike though; on the coverage, it looked pretty
nice (custom Spain paint job).

--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA