But unexpected success during the first MotoGP season led team members to think too highly of their ability to design and develop racing bikes and to be overconfident.
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He is also a gifted engineer who as a university student sent a thesis paper to BMW on how to improve the rear design of its racing bikes.
In Specialized's visitors lobby is a replica of Sinyard's VW, along with Specialized's racing bikes ridden by time-trial world champion Fabian Cancellara and the 2010 Tour de France winner, Alberto Contador.
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And if you're into cycling, be sure to check out the Belgian Cycling Paradise, an outdoor exhibit featuring historic racing bikes and a virtual cycling tour of Belgium, the founder of cycle racing.
Above the factory floor, the semicircular gallery of the museum showcases the evolution of the Ducati motorcycle from the early days just after World War II, when the company introduced its first auxiliary bicycle engine (called the Cucciolo, or "puppy, " because of the distinctive barking sound it made), up through the company's first motorcycles in the 1950s and the road bikes and racing bikes that followed.
Strombergs, who has been racing BMX bikes for 16 years, then stretched his advantage heading into the final bend and was never really challenged by Day or Robinson.
"The only reason we found him was I saw these three kids racing by on bikes, yelling and waving 'C'mon' and I thought it had to be Sammy, " he says, adding that Sammy is a beloved member of the family.
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The company is now using its resurrected racing team to help it develop top-end bikes once again.
In April 2004 Montgomery unveiled Scott bikes at Sea Otter, the earliest racing event of the season, in Monterey, California.
The riders, whose bikes cost millions of dollars, get so close to the ground when racing that they not only touch the tarmac with their highly-padded knees, but also their elbows.
Team Herbalife Leisure Lakes Bikes said he was "a young man with an enormous talent and enthusiasm for bike racing".
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