From a recent post on a bike forum.
"Dan Fallon, i.e. "bookworm" was our crew chief on Maria's 2013 RAAM, until the
accident between Tuba City and Kayenta, Arizona. He was one of three crew
members who quit after the accident.
He was furious at me for choosing to
continue in RAAM, and I believe he still holds a grudge. Ever since then, he
tends not to pass up an opportunity to bash XXXXXX bikes, which I believe is based
on 1) personal animosity against me, and 2) justification for his failure to
learn to ride a XXXXXX well.
Frankly, during Dan's brief ownership of a
version 1.0 XXXXXX bike, he was awkward on the bike, in part, because he kept
riding his fixed-boom recumbent. In addition, there is a certain degree of core
strength and coordination required to ride our bikes and not everyone has it.
Dan is right to express admiration for some of the racers doing amazing things on the XXXXXX V20, but to say their "accomplishments have literally nothing to do with the kind of bikes that they ride" is a statement all of these very successful racers would strongly disagree with. "
Dan is right to express admiration for some of the racers doing amazing things on the XXXXXX V20, but to say their "accomplishments have literally nothing to do with the kind of bikes that they ride" is a statement all of these very successful racers would strongly disagree with. "
So Tiresome.
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