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Yeah, there is usually an air or shame/embarrassment around them, and is exactly why they often never see the light of day, and are subsequently hidden away in a cardboard box somewhere for eternity.
There is also a normally a bit of quarrelling between manufacturers and pro team as to who actually owns frames/bikes of this nature that never get used. Most teams would prefer to pretend that they never existed, where as manufacturers would likely prefer to have on display at offices etc.
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hidden away in a cardboard box somewhere for eternity
I wonder why they don’t just strip the paint or names off. It’s not like it’s a special bike otherwise, except in cases where’s there’s more history to why X rider didn’t win etc.
Just donate them to sub-saharan Africa like the NFL do with their Super Bowl losers’ kit.
Eseman
There must be something really sad about those bikes built up with all the expectation and then never used.
The yellow TJV bike that was built up for Paris last year must have been cold and lonely.
It's like when you see football teams roll out the "Champions" banners and realise there must have been a lot of them sheepishly put back onto buses after a disappointing loss.