Originally Posted by 531Aussie
It's hard to believe they hauled those things over the Alps.
Even Indurain's bikes were about 9kg
http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?...ures/pinarello
Miguel Indurain's 1993 Pinarello Banesto Team Bike
"This was the first TIG-welded steel bike to win the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France, which happened in 1993. We also made the first aluminum TIG-welded bike to win both races in 1995. This was the first year we used Oria tubing. Indurain always had the same size bike - 59x59 - and on this model, we lowered the top tube by two centimeters to make the triangle more compact and more rigid. On the head tube, there was another spacer of two centimeters that brought Indurain's position up higher. That's the way he rode... in his last season, Indurain had an Aheadset stem of 110 degrees to stay in his preferred position. This bike weighs about nine kilograms; it's a very big bike! As well, this bike has 180mm crankarms... you know, Indurain never changed his position in the 15 years he raced on Pinarello bicycles."
I love those old Columbus SLX bikes form the 80s-90s....a much simpler time. Everyone had a vritually identical bike and just raced it over any terrain. Same bike for Paris-Roubaix as alpine Tour stages!!