Pinarello miguel indurain biography

Born on a Pinarello, Miguel made an unrepeatable mark on cycling in the 90's.!

Miguel Indurain is in the Cycling Hall of Fame.

Miguel Indurain was the king of the Tour de France in the '90s, winning five times consecutively.

Born on a Pinarello, Miguel made an unrepeatable mark on cycling in the 90's.

In December , Pinarello sold a majority stake for.

Miguel Induráin's history with the Italian bicycle brand Pinarello is one of the most beautiful in world sport.

Designed and developed during the last millennium, Pinarello ESPADA was way ahead of its time. It was the bike that Miguel Indurain used while breaking the Hour Record. One of the most iconic bikes ever produced, it is also known as “Pinarello Sword” because espada means sword in English.

This spectacular bike was Pinarello’s answer to Chris Boardman’s Lotus superbike, the Lotus Type 108 (originally known as LotusSport Pursuit Bicycle), designed by the famous English bike designer Mike Burrows.

Pinarello Espada (Pinarello Sword)

Carbon-fiber frames have a longer history than most people think.

According to Wikipedia, the American bike producer Kestrel produced the world’s very first all-carbon bicycle frame in 1986. But before then, there were hybrid designs, like carbon fiber tubes bonded to titanium or aluminum lugs.

After the adoption of the carbon-fiber by cycling in the late 1980s, bicycle designers quickly realized they had carte blanche to create whatever shape they