Yates was old school that way. STI had been in a long time, but he refused to switch from downtube shifters. He wouldn't wear the latest Oakleys, as he felt the previous years were fine. He rarely wore gloves or a helmet, rode with his handlebars tilted downwards, and his shorts and shirt sleeves pulled up. Motorola were provided with bike computers (sponsored I think by Avocet) so he had to have one on his bike. But it wasn't connected as he didn't use them. So many stories about this guy that proved how old school he was. I love that kind of rider, but you don't see that so much now thanks to the culture of carbon fibre, Garmins, power meters......
I was at Dover and Portsmouth. Legend
Thanks for this I was on the road side both days.
Woah was he really still rocking downtube shifters in the 94 tour? That's so cool
Yates was old school that way. STI had been in a long time, but he refused to switch from downtube shifters. He wouldn't wear the latest Oakleys, as he felt the previous years were fine. He rarely wore gloves or a helmet, rode with his handlebars tilted downwards, and his shorts and shirt sleeves pulled up. Motorola were provided with bike computers (sponsored I think by Avocet) so he had to have one on his bike. But it wasn't connected as he didn't use them. So many stories about this guy that proved how old school he was. I love that kind of rider, but you don't see that so much now thanks to the culture of carbon fibre, Garmins, power meters......