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EICMA show
Milan, Italy, September 16-19, 2005
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Previous Part Next Part Part 3 - Vittoria, Sportful, DT Swiss, Assos, Carrera & more
Very Vittoria
Vittoria Premium sole
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Vittoria Free
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Italian cycling shoe maker Vittoria has a new model called Premium, a
stylish, lightweight road shoe with a carbon fibre sole and CRS fastening
system.
Vittoria also a shoe called Free that's styled like the super-sandals
that fill the shoe racks of outdoors shops, from companies such as Teva.
It's SPD compatible, and intended for spinning or town cruising.
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Worlds favorites
Sportful's maglia azzura
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Sportful Tour bibs
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Sportful is the official team supplier for the Federazione Ciclistica
Italiana, otherwise know as the Italian Job ("Alessandro, you're only
supposed to blow their b***y doors off"). This is the official team jersey
that Ale-Jet Petacchi and his eight teammates will wear when they take
the start in Sunday in Madrid at the World Championships.
Sportful is also very proud of its Tour bib shorts, which the company
had front and center in Milano (and which Cyclingnews reviewed
here a few months ago. The Tour shorts boast SoftTouch suspenders,
high performance Chicane Lycra, and Sportful's Infinity shorts pad. Has
to be said that we're a shade dubious about white, though...
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Not so terrible
Ivan Basso
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Decidedly not living up to his nickname of "Ivan The Terrible", Team
CSC's Ivan Basso was one of the stars of the show at EICMA Milano. Here
he is at Full Speed Ahead's stand signing posters for FSA's Ride Compact
program to promote its compact cranksets.
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DT's golden wheels
DT Swiss RR 1450 wheels
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Over the last few years DT Swiss has gone from being a maker of very
highly regarded spokes to a manufacturer of everything wheels-related
with its hubs and rims. At Milano, the company was showing these these
special limited edition RR 1450 wheels with gold-coloured spokes
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Giro in Italia
Giro Atmos
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Giro Advantage
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Riders wearing Giro's Atmos helmets have won some major races this season,
including Milano-Sanremo, Giro d'Italia and Tour de France and the American
company showed new colors for 2006, including this attractive Red/White
model.
Get an Advantage, but only in Europe. Giro has never marketed its sleek,
speedy time trial helmets, but the new Giro Advantage will be available
to consumers in Europe later this winter. Due to the UCI's 2004 safety
mandate, Advantage is an in-mold CE safety approved helmet, not just a
aerodynamic shell. With six vents and internal channeling, the 310 gram
lid has been extensively wind tunnel tested
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Assos for all sexes and seasons
Assos for all shades of winter
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Assos for women
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Swiss clothing maker Assos ssos showed off its winter collection at EICMA
Milano, but this range isn't just for the depths of the cold months -
Assos has created a whole range covering the sub-seasons of early Fall,
Fall, early Winter and Winter itself. A highlight is the fugu jacket,
shown in white at far right.
Assos also showed its new Elastic Interface Technology shorts pad specially
designed for women.
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Fisher and friends
Remember your roots
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Gary Fisher (L) gave 2005 Tour de France king of the mountains Michael
Rasmussen (C) his start on the international mountain bike circuit in
the late 1990's and Rasmussen repaid the favor by winning the 1999 MTB
World Championship in Sweden on a Gary Fisher. Soon thereafter, Rasmussen
switched to road racing and hasn't looked back since. Rasmussen and his
companion Carizia Munoz (R) are expecting their first child in December.
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Gone but not forgotten
Andrea Tafi and Chicagoland Bicycle's
Sarah Andreano
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Cyclingnews ran into classics great Andrea Tafi at the Milano show, shown
here with Chicagoland Bicycle's Sarah Andreano. A fit looking Tafi told
us that he is still riding almost every day and misses racing, but has
been working on his cycling hotel in Tuscany. "My agriturismo is now open
so I want to invite Cyclingnews to come and visit me!" Look for a report
soon and in the meanwhile, check out www.ilborghettodiandreatafi.it.
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Estremeo Dreamo
Carrera Estremeo
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Carrera's top model for 2006 is the Estremeo which uses a manufacturing process
Carrera calls "Laminated Carbon", in which the assembled frame is wrapped in
carbon fibre tape for looks and extra strength. Estremeo has an integrated headset,
wishbone seatstays and Carrrera's special RC2 rear triangle.
PhotographyFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by
Tim Maloney/Cyclingnews.com
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