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Pinarello announced as Team Sky bike supplier

  • 09-10-2009 2:06pm
    #1
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,666 ✭✭✭✭


    more wibbly forks in the pro peleton thought they'd go with boardman - or are they not up to it ?

    http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/400515/pinarello-announced-as-team-sky-bike-supplier.html

    The long-awaited confirmation of Team Sky's bike supplier was made official today as Pinarello signed a three-year agreement with the new British squad.

    Team Sky boss Dave Brailsford had been in discussions with several major companies over the summer, including Giant and Look, but the long-established Italian manufacturer came out on top.

    "The choice of bike has been a key decision," said Brailsford. "From the first talks, we found an immediate understanding with Pinarello on what this team is about; performance and perfection. The ways that Pinarello combine their life-long passion for the bike with the latest technology are genuinely inspired."


    Pinarello-Sky-bike.jpg

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



Comments

  • #2
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    I presumed they'd go with Boardman too, but given that Chris Boardman works for British Cycling, who run Team Sky, there'd probably be a conflict of interest there.


  • #3
    lukester
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    Pinarello has just dropped a notch for me in the desirability stakes.


  • #4
    RobFowl
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    Russell Downings manager Phil Griffins is the UK distributor for pinarello. I'm fairly sure that had something to do with it.
    Never quite got those forks and still not sure if they look good or sh1te :confused:


  • #5
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    RobFowl wrote: »
    Never quite got those forks and still not sure if they look good or sh1te :confused:

    I think they look hawt. The new Dogma is top of my wish list at the moment.


  • #6
    JacksonHeightsOwn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,913 ✭✭✭JacksonHeightsOwn


    RobFowl wrote: »
    Russell Downings manager Phil Griffins is the UK distributor for pinarello. I'm fairly sure that had something to do with it.
    Never quite got those forks and still not sure if they look good or sh1te :confused:

    the front looks good, the back on looks like a mistake

    i thought the whole Ethos of "Team Sky" was to be a "british team"??

    they`re doing their best at squashing that assumption, i would have thought they`d go with Dolan bikes, dont they use them for their track team?


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