I always liked the look of them but didn't know you could buy them (instead of earning them). They had a nice Santini one in Alpe d'Huez but only size XXL.
Can't find one to buy online - does anyone know where I could find one?
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Rainbow jersey + AC Chausson
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Rainbow jersey + AC Chausson
by Dr Frigo » Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:01 pm
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by Matthew Ives » Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:29 pm
Prendas:
A great online shop.
Here's the WC jersey s/s:
http://www.prendas.co.uk/details.asp?ty ... d=2&ID=586
A great online shop.
Here's the WC jersey s/s:
http://www.prendas.co.uk/details.asp?ty ... d=2&ID=586
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by huw williams » Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:39 pm
Sylv
Henrik Djernis won three world titles in 1992, 1993 and 1994 - I was present at every one of them - the man was incredible.
Anne-Caroline Chausson won so many downhill titles in a row I stopped counting after 10. Speaking of gorgeous rainbow jerseys, after winning her tenth she immediately removed it and gave it to me as a thank you for helping her out during her career.
I washed it, got her to sign it for me last year when she retired, and its one of my prize posessions. I keep thinking I should wear it on the club run one day.
Henrik Djernis won three world titles in 1992, 1993 and 1994 - I was present at every one of them - the man was incredible.
Anne-Caroline Chausson won so many downhill titles in a row I stopped counting after 10. Speaking of gorgeous rainbow jerseys, after winning her tenth she immediately removed it and gave it to me as a thank you for helping her out during her career.
I washed it, got her to sign it for me last year when she retired, and its one of my prize posessions. I keep thinking I should wear it on the club run one day.
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by Dr Frigo » Thu Aug 31, 2006 1:50 pm
Great story Huw. Here's a pic of AC I took at the '04 Worlds where she couldn't ride due to injury. Please do wear the jersey! In which way did you help her out then?
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v141/citadelle/Les%20Gets%202004%20-%20bikes%20and%20people/gets045.jpg[/img]
About Absalon's wins they said it was a first on French TV during the 30" slot it got on the news, and I hadn't bothered checking it. Also did you notice Frishknecht is still going strong after what seems like forever. He doesn't even have a coach.
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About Absalon's wins they said it was a first on French TV during the 30" slot it got on the news, and I hadn't bothered checking it. Also did you notice Frishknecht is still going strong after what seems like forever. He doesn't even have a coach.
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by huw williams » Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:39 pm
Sylv
Very brief history: I met her when she was a junior just out of BMX and riding for Sunn/Chippie at the Metabief world champs in 1993
The sport was growing very quickly then, and a small group of us were following the world cup circuit round the world writing and taking pics. I spent a lot of time with Sunn doing their brochure shots and Annie, being female but as quick as the boys, was in great demand wherever we went.
It was a bit daunting for her because she's quite shy. Sunn were a small team at that time and didn't have a big budget to send a support team to the US leg of the tour so Max Commencal the president asked me if I'd look after her for them on the 3-week trip which covered the Mount Snow (Vermont), Mammoth Mtn (california) and Mont St Anne (Quebec) races.
The rest as they say is history, for the next 12 years she won more world champions jerseys than any other cyclist alive and is unlikely to ever be surpassed - we remained close all through her career (I won't go into detail about some of our post race exploits at various locations in America, Japan and Europe!!!). She also wrote a column for me every month in the magazine for a couple of years
She met her partner Phillipe Billy (then the world record holder for speed skiing) and moved to his hometown of Vars at the end of the 90s and I stayed with them several times during the off-season but not being much of a skiier (bad knees) I visited them more often when they were at her family home in Dijon. I still keep in regular touch and always try and visit her if I'm in the area for Cycling Weekly.
So the fact that she gave me her 10th world's jersey meant a lot to me and I value it highly
H
Very brief history: I met her when she was a junior just out of BMX and riding for Sunn/Chippie at the Metabief world champs in 1993
The sport was growing very quickly then, and a small group of us were following the world cup circuit round the world writing and taking pics. I spent a lot of time with Sunn doing their brochure shots and Annie, being female but as quick as the boys, was in great demand wherever we went.
It was a bit daunting for her because she's quite shy. Sunn were a small team at that time and didn't have a big budget to send a support team to the US leg of the tour so Max Commencal the president asked me if I'd look after her for them on the 3-week trip which covered the Mount Snow (Vermont), Mammoth Mtn (california) and Mont St Anne (Quebec) races.
The rest as they say is history, for the next 12 years she won more world champions jerseys than any other cyclist alive and is unlikely to ever be surpassed - we remained close all through her career (I won't go into detail about some of our post race exploits at various locations in America, Japan and Europe!!!). She also wrote a column for me every month in the magazine for a couple of years
She met her partner Phillipe Billy (then the world record holder for speed skiing) and moved to his hometown of Vars at the end of the 90s and I stayed with them several times during the off-season but not being much of a skiier (bad knees) I visited them more often when they were at her family home in Dijon. I still keep in regular touch and always try and visit her if I'm in the area for Cycling Weekly.
So the fact that she gave me her 10th world's jersey meant a lot to me and I value it highly
H
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by Dr Frigo » Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:13 pm
Wicked.
I will have to find my old catalogues to see if you get a credit, there were always full of funny details
A personal shot of part of the Sunn team in Andorra, circa '96. They always had the best team lorry.
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v141/citadelle/sunnteam.jpg[/img]
I will have to find my old catalogues to see if you get a credit, there were always full of funny details
A personal shot of part of the Sunn team in Andorra, circa '96. They always had the best team lorry.
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v141/citadelle/sunnteam.jpg[/img]
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by huw williams » Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:25 pm
I've still got one with my pics in it - I'll show it to you.
The little cartoons were done by the Sunn PR guy, a short balding former skateboarder called Jean Christophe Charrier who calls himself BG (Blasted Goblin)
Their team was all based around Saint Guadens where the factory was - had a real small-family business type of atmosphere but they dominated DH for years and then did the same in XC for a while with Miguel Martinez and Christophe Dupouey
The little cartoons were done by the Sunn PR guy, a short balding former skateboarder called Jean Christophe Charrier who calls himself BG (Blasted Goblin)
Their team was all based around Saint Guadens where the factory was - had a real small-family business type of atmosphere but they dominated DH for years and then did the same in XC for a while with Miguel Martinez and Christophe Dupouey
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by huw williams » Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:56 pm
yeah that sounds right - although I think the early ones were pre-zoobab. Sunn always had a strong graphic identity
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by Dr Frigo » Thu Aug 31, 2006 6:06 pm
Any chance you know whatever happened to their project of sub-1kg xc triple clamp fork Huw? There was a prototype pic in a US mag then nothing. Their suspension guy was called Olivier Bossard I think.
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