
Our Y2K Road Test Lineup
"Riders Like
You,"
our road testing program for the new Y2K gruppos, represented our our most ambitious testing program yet! We
selected four riders from dozens of applicants to ride and comment on
Campagnolo's top four gruppos: Record®, Chorus®, Daytona®, and
Veloce®.
These riders--our Test Team--sent in reports every three months
on how the equipment is performing, what they like, and what they don't.
We call our testing
program "Riders Like You" because the testing features real riders, on real bikes, under real conditions much like those you
would face. Our road testing program is directed by our ace Tech guy, Tim Laflin, but the comments
are those of the riders.

Riders Like You
2000 is
Sponsored by Branford Bike and Habanero
Cycles


Posted December 26--Final
Chorus Installment

Our 2000 Road Test Crew:
Record
| Chorus | Daytona | Veloce
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Record
Testing the Record®
gruppo is Ryun Pavlicek, a Cat 3 racer from Central
Virginia.
Stats/Info:
Name: Ryun Pavlicek
Age: 26
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 168 it's winter I'm fat
Miles Per Year: 8-10,000
Location: Central
Virginia
Terrain: Rolling to Moutainous. Plenty of long climbs on
the Blue Ridge, with short steep walls all through the foothills.
Very rural, very rolling
Previously Equipped bike: Record 9sp Independent
Fabrications.
Type of riding: Racing and training. Cat 3 racer on local
USCF. A roleur if you will (ie. fast
enough to be in the break but not quick enough to win the sprint)
Biography: "I
am a 26 year old Category 3 racer from Central Virginia. The rides
around here are typically rolling with everything from short steep
climbs to 3-6 mile climbs in the Blue Ridge. Most of my 8-10,000
miles a year is spent training for as many races as my wife will
allow mostly road races and criteriums. Once the winter kicks in,
this bike will be used primarily indoors for marathon sessions on
my trainer. Last year I raced on an Independent Fabrications with
Campy 9sp and Speedplay pedals. With this bike I am making the
switch to campy pedals, 10sp and titanium. Unfortunately I am much
too fast to get a picture of on my road bike so one of me on my
mountain bike will have to do."
Email Ryun with your
questions and comments

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Chorus
Testing the Chorus® gruppo is John
Stevens, who rides Campagnolo in sunny Hawaii.
Stats/Info:
Name: John Stevens
Age: 37
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 167
Miles Per Year: 7-9,000
Location: Hawaii
(the big island)
Terrain: Rolling to Mountainous
Previously Equipped bike: I
have a Norco mountain bike. The Waterford currently has a
mix of 98 CHORUS and Racing triple components. The Waterford
is the bike I plan on equipping
with 2000 CHORUS. The Torpado is full CAMPY as well of
course. So far the mountain
bike is only equipped with a CAMPAGNOLO seat quick release, but I
am working on it. (John's bike is shown in the photo
at left)
Type of riding: Commuting, group rides, solo rides,
weekend tour
Biography: "Hello. I am John and I will be road
testing the CHORUS 2000 gruppo. Presently I live in Hawaii on the
big island of Hawaii which is next to
Maui. I have been riding for about 23 years. Ever since I
discovered it was a way I could
get out of the house while everyone else was watching football.
I ride from 150 to 175 mi per week. I enjoy all types of
riding. I commute to work
at least 4 times a week, go on group rides, do solo rides, and an occasional
weekend tour. I am also thinking of trying a little
masters racing this year too.
That's about it
as soon as I set up the bike I
will start putting some miles on and giving a update. If the
2000 CHORUS is anything like
the 98 then I know it will perform flawlessly. See ya Later
remember to promote the benefits of CAMPY wherever you
ride."
Email John with your
questions and comments

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Daytona
Testing the all-new Daytona® gruppo is
Stuart Passmore of Australia.
Stats/Info:
Name: Stuart Passmore
Age: 24
Height: 175 cm or 5' 8"
Weight: 154
Miles Per Year: 10 - 15,000
Location: Western Australia
Terrain: Sealed roads / cycle paths, mainly flat,
some hills.
Previously Equipped bike: Shimano Dura Ace (9s and
8s), Ultegra (9s and 8s), shimano 105 (8s), Campagnolo Record (99
9s), chorus 97 9s
Type of riding: Racing A grade, training, Commuting,
some MTB
Biography: "I am going to build the groupset on
a Bianchi Neuron Frame and fork, 55cm c-t, use cxp30 rims, sapim
spokes, A/C seatpost, saddle, bars and stem still to be decided.
I will use this for commuting and all smaller races.
My daily commute composes most of my training and is usually 2h/day.
I have missed about 10 days of my commute in the last year, so I
ride in most of the weather. I have another aluminium frame
and carbon fork built with
campag record 99 9s which I will use for the big races etc - so it
probably wont get used much now!!! I race every weekend in summer
and some weeks in winter. I will be racing
a special criterium series here in perth featuring some of the
best riders in Australia and overseas (see http://www.perthcriterium.com)
at the end of november. My year goes up and down a fair bit,
summer I get pretty fit, winter I just go into damage control, but
I still try to ride 4 days out of 7 in winter and 6 out of 7 in
summer."
Email Stuart with your
questions and comments

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Veloce
Testing the Veloce® gruppo is Justin
Dodd of New Jersey.
Stats/Info:
Name: Justin Dodd
Age: 19
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 170
Miles Per Year: I lost track after my computer broke,
but I ride about 2 hours, four times a week
Location: Southern New Jersey
Terrain you ride: Jersey is pretty flat but I ride my bike
in Valley Forge a lot and there are some pretty good sized
climbs
Previously Equipped bike: Cannondale CAD3 with 8spd
Chorus
Type of riding: I ride mainly just for the fun of it.
I'm thinking of doing a few
road races this spring and maybe a triathalon. I used to use
my bike to commute until I got
a car, but I still try to use it for getting around as much as
possible.
Biography: "I'm still using the CAD3 frame with
a carbon fork because it fits me perfectly, but I'm replacing my
old parts with Campy Veloce. There's nothing else really exciting
about the bike I'm building up, its just going to be a good
quality ride, which is exactly what I've been looking for.
Oh I forgot one thing, I'm putting
my Specialized Body Geometry seat on the bike ( no I don't have
that problem, just in case you were wondering).
It may weigh
as much as a couch but it feels
like one too so I figure its a fair trade off. I
have been obsessed with riding bikes since I was six. At
first I was only into mountain
biking (I know it may be painful for some to hear), but after I
went to the Corestates race in Philly three years ago, I've been
hooked on road bikes ever since. I must admit that I
still love mountain biking as much
as ever, but the speed and efficiency of a road bike is just
something you can't recreate with a mountain bike."
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