the ROAD to Olympic Gold
Los Angeles 1984
+ PROFILE The American In Search of Swiss Gold: ASSOS CEO Philip Duff + BASICS Credit Card Touring: The Ultralight Experience + NINETY YEARS OF MASI A weekend in Carlsbad to celebrate the celebrated.
+ ‘84 OLYMPIC ROAD RACE
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PHILIP DUFF CEO, ASSOS APPAREL
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THE 1984 OLYMPICS
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NINETY YEARS OF MASI PROFILES
ROUTE Pier to Pier Part III: SanMo to Seal Beach
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WHEELS Carbon Clincher by Monoprice 12 By Justin Macias BIKES Felt FR2 30 PEOPLE Philip Duff, CEO ASSOS Cycling Apparel 13 BELLS Spurcycle 36 By Chris Reynolds LOCKS Abus GRANIT Plus 640 36 EVENT Gold Carpenter & Silver Twigg 16 By Kelley O’Toole EVENT A Road Race for the Books 18 By Chris Reynolds DIRECTORY Find Your Future Peloton 45 ROUTE ‘84 Road Race Loop - Mission Viejo, CA 20 By Victor Prestinary COVER Thurlow Rogers, born in Burbank California, takes a hand-off of water and food during the 1984 Olympic men’s MAKER Stinner Frameworks - Goleta, CA 24 road race held in Mission Viejo, California, 50 miles south of Los By Victor Prestinary Angeles. See PAGE 16 for more on this historic event. EVENT Ninety Years of Masi - Carlsbad, CA 32 Photo Courtesy of the Mission Viejo, California Heritage Committee Collection By Dominic Phipps
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PROLOGUE Olympic Fever 6 NEW & NOTEWORTHY Did You Hear About... 8 Q & A Ask the Bike Fitter 9 THE ELECTRIC AGE DIY eBike Commuter 22 TOURING Roam Free 26 BRAGGING RIGHTS QND Series Results 37 TIME MACHINE The Song Remains The Same 46
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