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Originally Posted by ericcox
yes. The infamous Tyler Hamilton famously used them in the 2003 Tour when he broke his collarbone: http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?...003/news/jul28 .
From a purely scientific, objective and analytical standpoint that simply proves that compacts are jinxed with the dreaded Fred Curse.
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