Admittedly and perhaps somewhat shamefully…we’ve been overlooking the popularity of the fi’zi:k Extra Grip with the pros. We’re discovering here at the 2009 Tour of California that it is 1. semi-coveted but, yet 2. still a fairly well-kept secret.
Biggest fan of fi’zi:k Extra Grip in the Tour of California peloton?
The award goes to Garmin-Slipstream.
Nearly half of the Garmin-Slipstream Pro Cycling Team is using fi’zi:k Extra Grip either on their TT bikes, or as noticed today, during sloppy, long road stages.
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1: In the middle of Saturday’s short Prologue, head mechanic for the Cervelo Test Team - Alejandro – scurried up to the fi’zi:k bus in search of an extra Aliante for one of the riders while also inquiring, Can I have that thing Garmin-Slipstream has that keeps them from slipping forward on their TT bikes?
That thing, it turns out, was the Extra Grip. And as for the Aliante? Since the fi’zi:k bus was stocked only with the new Antares, fi’zi:k’s John Cordoba was kind enough to loan Alejandro his personal Aliante, right off his bike. Turns out that loaner was for none other than Brett Lancaster, multi-time Team Pursuit World Title winner as well as the 2005 Giro d’Italia Prologue winner (and thus, wearer of the maglia rosa). Perhaps there will be magic in that saddle when it is finally returned to Cordoba.
So where would one get this extra grip? Do you sell them? I only ride the Arione saddles on my road and tri bike and this would be ideal for my tri bike and those long IM rides in the aero position. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteMichael in Seattle
Michael
ReplyDeleteYou should be able to get it from your local bike shop. If they don't have it, they can order it from our distributor or from our US subsidiary, Highway Two. Thanks for reading and thanks for asking.
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