Campag Problem

[linnega]

Whats most worrying is that the Time VRX that Boonen rides is one of the stiffest bikes on the market.  If he is able to screw up his rear shifting on that bike then its a good thing he is not riding something made in Spain or the US?!

[Christie]

Perhaps campy / whiperman should try to design a custom chain for monsters like Boonen, Peta etc. Make it a bit heavier, but from stronger metals - there are very strong steels / titanium / other exotic materials available.

[Velouria]

Tom Boonen has switched to a sturdier frame

after problems with his drivetrain in several race-ending sprints. It

seems the powerful Belgian world champion was flexing the frame so much

that the chain wasn't behaving. The problem didn't, however, stop him

from winning a dozen times already this season. Tornado Tom rides

frames supplied by Time, sponsor of his Quick Step team. It's also

known that another powerful road sprinter, Alessandro Petacchi

of Team Milram, rides a beefed-up, custom-designed Colnago Extreme C2

carbon frame that isn't available to the public. The frame has special

reinforcements at the bottom bracket, head lugs and fork and weighs

1,340 grams (without fork) in the Italian star's unusual size (54.5-cm

seat tube and 58.5-cm top tube).

[Canaris]

thanks Velouria, you trumped me on this one