"A pointed weapon"
In 2002, during Jim Lamastra’s third triathlon ever, the fork on his Schwinn Super Sport broke underneath him during the race. That’s when he first got a new bike, and first experienced the joy and thrill of a shiny, fast new ride. Last month, Jim again took delivery of a new bike, this time a Specialized Shiv—the bike underneath the Ironman World Champion, the Tour de France Champion, and the World Time Trial Champion. I sat down with Jim and Greg Jackson of Spin Bike Shop to talk about this magnificent machine, and the process that leads one from a Schwinn Super Sport to the world’s fastest triathlon bike.
Urban Dictionary defines a Shiv as “a pointed tool used as a weapon,” which seems like an apt name for this machine. But the first words out of Jim’s mouth didn’t exactly read like a sales pitch. “I’ll be honest. I wasn’t in love with every picture I saw.”
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