Quote Originally Posted by Darren Baum View Post
Hi Grant,

I would have to say that the greatest influence outside of the industry has been having the opportunity to work with some brilliant old school tradesmen.
They have a wealth of skills and knowledge to teach and if you are willing to listen it is yours for the taking.
Fit/biomechanics - l have had the opportunity to learn from Steve Hogg Welcome » Steve Hogg's Bike Fitting Website and given that he was able to fit my body to a bike and enable me to ride pain free l rate him fairly highly.
Handling- Jo Banks worked as a Crew Chief for a V8 Supercar racing team (like Nascar) here in Australia. He introduced me to the concept of post Race/Testing debriefing which we then applied to the bikes.
Comfort - My rear end and a whole lot of miles!
Stiffness - We have worked with elite athletes using SRM's as a base point
Graphics - We have been able to collaborate with a group of talented and passionate designers and through constructive/dec-constructive/argumentative discussion we have arrived at our current graphics point.

Thanks for your interest.

Darren
Geez, was 2003 that bad?