Originally Posted by
merlinextraligh
Or they'll say it's not worth the cost and the drama for a small market which is not our core business.
Cycling is heavily dependent on sponsorship, which is harder and harder to come by in a post EPO world. Even more in women's cycling which is a much more marginal economic proposition. You just can't afford to bite the hand that feeds you.
She should have worked with Wilier months ago to dial in her fit, and worse case rebadged another frame with Wilier decals.
We all work for someone. she forgot who she worked for.
You're presuming she didn't try all that.
How do you "dial in" the fit of a bike that is too large in the headtube when you already have the stem slammed? Further it could well be possible that the NZ federation was happy to supply her a bike so long as she didn't brand it up as a Wilier as that would offend NZ's sponsor of bikes (Trek)....and the blackout job was a compromise to keep everyone from being too pissed. Further it is all a funny mountain out of a molehile because UHC and Wilier decided to make a huge deal about it. Had they just swallowed their pride and shut up, I doubt anyone press would have been spent on the topic. Instead they end up with egg on their face because they tried to fling mud first.
But yes, let us make a scapegoat out of the rider...just as the corporate thugs (sponsors) want us to.