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I find it interesting that the picture on the Optima home page [1] is of Sam Whittingham at Battle
Mountain, NV with his Varna Diablo [2].

[1] < http://www.optima-cycles.nl/ >
[2] Or is the Varna Mephisto from the 2000 WHPSC?

Tom Sherman - Various HPV's Quad Cities USA (Illinois side)

 

Tom wrote:

> I find it interesting that the picture on the Optima home page is of Sam Whittingham at Battle
> Mountain, NV

Probably coz Sam also has a Baron, which he used as his warm-up bike at BM. In previous years, he's
used an Optima Lynx, which Andrea Blaseckie used in 2002.

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Tom Sherman <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I find it interesting that the picture on the Optima home page [1] is of Sam Whittingham at Battle
> Mountain, NV with his Varna Diablo [2]. [...]

I find it interesting that they are offering more bikes with USS.

Meanwhile over at BROL we see a Challenge bike now available with USS. Also at BROL in the STP we
see reference to a Toxy that is inteneded for the US. In its US version, it apparently loses its
normal USS in favor of OSS. (Might also get a mesh seat, even as hard shell seats are gaining wider
acceptance in the US - whoops).

Possible conclusion: USS is dead in N. America, but has always been a significant part of the market
in Euroland, and might be even having a bit of a renaissance.

Yet another mysterious market difference to puzzle over.

http://www.optima-cycles.nl/eng/1.htm

http://www.bentrideronline.com/index.html

johnriley1 (at) rogers.com

http://toxy.wurzel6-webdesign.de/english/index.htm

 

Tom Sherman <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I find it interesting that the picture on the Optima home page [1] is of Sam Whittingham at Battle
> Mountain, NV with his Varna Diablo [2].
>
> [1] < http://www.optima-cycles.nl/ >
> [2] Or is the Varna Mephisto from the 2000 WHPSC?
>
> Tom Sherman - Various HPV's Quad Cities USA (Illinois side)

Is this a screw up by Optima ...

or ...

Is there a conspiracy that you had discovered? Could this be the work of the Liberals that Rush and
Tom Savage warn us about???

Stay tuned ...

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