Originally Posted by
bikingshearer
This kind of brouhaha at the Worlds, where riders from different trade teams are thrown together on a national race for a single event, are not uncommon. Witness the Merckx/Maertens imbroglio at the 1973 Worlds, where Maertens chased down a Merckx breakaway (it took them something like 30 years to kiss and make up), or in the 1980s when Greg Lemond chased down Jock Boyer at the Worlds (as far as I know, they still haven't kissed and made up).
Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming.
Greg LeMond Rules ! ! He doesn't have to kiss and make up with anybody !
On the topic I can't believe the absurd lengths people go to in order to preserve ugly. We're not talking museum pieces here, these are riders. I got over Mafacs and Universals as soon as I could afford better. A Big $ vintage bike with junk brakes? Puhleeezzz ! And the people who have them are good for a laff when they're not around so as not to embarrass them. And they probably secretly ride lycra too.