Retro full suspension road bike from paris roubaix...
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Old Ned
Old School Grand Master
What happened to the Trek bikes that Motorola were due to ride around the same time? They had suspension forks and the frame was a 'Y' shape like the MTB's, possibly with rear sus too. The UCI wouldn't let them ride them because they were to 'different' from 'normal' bikes. How this Bianchi got through I'm not sure. I think this was one of the early UCI efforts to stop innovation and get back to 'classic' bikes with a triangular frame.
Old Ned
Old School Grand Master
I've been 'googling' and found references to the Trek Y-Foil frames from '98/'99, subsequently banned by UCI. I thought it was earlier than this.
Here's a site with details. Super looking bike, Paris-Roubaix ones had Rock-Shoks and finished in the Motorola colours.
http://johno.myiglou.com/yfoil.html
Here's a site with details. Super looking bike, Paris-Roubaix ones had Rock-Shoks and finished in the Motorola colours.
http://johno.myiglou.com/yfoil.html
Carlos the Slackal
Retro Guru
Boulder also made a FS road bike, with that tidy "shock in the top tube" design of their off road bikes. Can't find a pic anywhere, though!
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