Kev zais tsis tau yooj yim tab sis peb tau nce siab tom qab daim ntaub thaiv kom pom Kev Pabcuam thiab yuav ua li cas Ksyrium rim ua
Mavic yog ntau npaum li ib feem ntawm Ncig Saib Tebchaws Fabkis li trident-wielding dab ntxwg nyoog, indignant gendarmerie thiab Dutch kiv cua ntawm Alpe d'Huez. Mavic's Service des Courses - cov tsheb maus taus daj daj nrog cov kws kho tsheb thiab cov log tsheb dai ntawm sab nraub qaum - yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws rau pej xeem lub ntsej muag ntawm lub tuam txhab Fabkis uas ua kev zoo siab rau nws 125 xyoo dhau los.
Lub sijhawm ntawd nws tau hloov kho cov toj roob hauv pes caij tsheb kauj vab, nrog rau qhov tseem ceeb suav nrog kev tsim thawj lub log tiav thaum kev lig kev cai dictated rims, spokes thiab hubs tau tsim thiab haum nyias. Nws yog thawj zaug siv cov pa roj carbon hauv lub log; nws tsim thawj aero log; thawj pawg hluav taws xob; thiab nws cov log tau pom hauv qab pab pawg Garmin, Cofidis thiab Katusha hauv 2014. Mavic tsis tuaj yeem ua tus Fabkis ntau dua yog tias nws hnav ib lub tsho thiab muaj hlua ntawm dos nyob ib ncig ntawm nws lub caj dab. Uas ua rau nws cia me ntsis thaum kuv tuaj txog ntawm Fabkis HQ kom pom tias cov pa roj carbon log ntau yog tsim thiab ua hauv… Romania.
'Tab sis peb ua feem ntau ntawm peb cov aluminium rims nyob rau hauv Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans, thaum tag nrho cov R&D thiab prototyping yog ua tiav ntawm peb Annecy HQ, 'hais Michel Lethenet, ib tug qub roob tsheb tuam neeg sau xov xwm uas tam sim no Mavic's ntiaj teb no PR manager. 'Nws yog qhov chaw kuv coj koj tam sim no…'
Mavic log
Mavic's HQ tsis zoo li cov chaw tsim khoom tsheb kauj vab uas kuv tau mus xyuas, ib feem vim tias feem ntau ntawm cov mannequins ntawm kev ua yeeb yam ntawm qhov nkag tau adorned hauv cov iav khiav.'Peb muaj los ntawm Finnish-based Amer Sports,' hais tias Lethenet. 'Nws kuj muaj Salomon, nrog rau cov npe xws li Wilson [tennis] thiab Suunto [lub plawv ntsuas ntsuas].' Lub tsev ntsuas 17,000 square metres thiab tsev nyob ib puag ncig 900 tus neeg ua haujlwm, nrog 125 ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm rau Mavic. Txawm hais tias ib qho ntawm cov neeg ua si loj hauv kev caij tsheb kauj vab, Mavic nyob ib ncig ntawm ib feem kaum ntawm qhov loj ntawm Salomon. Tab sis txawm hais tias koj yog tus khiav lossis caij tsheb kauj vab, qhov no ntawm Fabkis yog kev ua kis las mecca nrog HQ zaum hauv qhov ntxoov ntxoo ntawm Parc Naturel Régional du Massif des Bauges - qhov loj, roob hav zoov hav zoov.
Nws yog qhov kev tshoov siab rau Mavic pab pawg kws ua haujlwm tsim qauv thiab sim cov tiam tom ntej ntawm lub log - lossis yog li kuv xav txog. 'Tsis yog autorisé' yog ib qho lus teb los ntawm Lethenet thaum kuv mus nosing hauv chav thiab nqes hauv ntau txoj kev hauv tsev uas tawm ntawm lub ntsiab atrium hauv kev tshawb nrhiav cov khoom tshiab lossis cov txheej txheem ntsuas futuristic. 'Kev ceev ntiag tug yog qhov tseem ceeb. Technology thiab patents yog qhov tseem ceeb, 'Lethenet hais. 'Yog tias peb tsim cov khoom tshiab thiab peb patent rau lawv, nws yog los khaws tag nrho cov peev txheej thiab kev siv zog los tsim cov khoom ntawd. Peb cov kev tsim kho tshiab tsis yog kev lag luam gimmicks.'
Mavic qhib ntau dua txog nws cov khaub ncaws thiab khau ntau yam, tsim los ntawm lub tuam tsev khaub ncaws uas harks rov qab rau thaj chaw no cov cuab yeej cuab tam milling. Nws tau sib sau ua ke siab nrog cov ntaub ntawv thev naus laus zis, thiab Lethenet tau mob siab rau hais txog qhov zoo dua Mavic muaj hauv kev tsim cov khaub ncaws ua kis las ua tsaug rau nws txoj kev sib raug zoo nrog Salomon. Tab sis peb tsis tau tuaj ntawm no los saib cov tsho. Rau cov neeg caij tsheb feem ntau lub npe Mavic txhais tau tias ib yam: lub log. 'OK, yog tias koj xav tau keeb kwm, cia peb saib ntawm Chaw Pabcuam des Courses,' hais Lethenet. 'Thiab yog, koj tuaj yeem thaij duab.'
Kev Pabcuam des Courses
C'est formidable. Tucked nyob rau hauv Mavic HQ yog txoj kev caij tsheb kauj vab txoj kev xav. Nov yog qhov uas Mavic cob qhia nws pab neeg rau cov kev pabcuam nruab nrab uas lawv tau muab ntawm Classics thiab theem kev sib tw rau ntau tshaj 40 xyoo. Xyoo 1972, ib pab neeg saib xyuas lub tsheb tsoo thaum ua raws Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. Mavic tus thawj tswj hwm Bruno Gorman qiv nws lub tsheb rau tus thawj coj thiab lub tswv yim tau yug los. Ib xyoos tom qab, Mavic qhov kev pabcuam nruab nrab tau tshwm sim hauv Paris-Nice thiab tau txhawb nqa kev sib tw thiab cov neeg caij tsheb txij li thaum.
'Nyob rau xyoo 2014 peb tau hais txog 89 qhov xwm txheej - kev tshaj lij, kev nyiam ua si, ntaus pob ncaws pob thiab roob tsheb kauj vab,' hais tias Lethenet. Kev ncig xyuas yog qhov tseem ceeb heev tab sis qhov xav tau tshaj plaws yog Paris-Roubaix qhov twg peb muaj 17 tus neeg koom nrog. Qhov ntawd yog nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm plaub lub tsheb, plaub lub maus taus, ib lub tsheb thauj khoom thiab 120 khub ntawm lub log. Tony nyob ntawd tuaj yeem hloov lub log hauv qis dua 15 vib nas this, tsis muaj teeb meem.' Kuv saib ntawm lub qhov rais ntawm Tony, uas tsis khoom siv dav hlau ntxhua khaub ncaws Skoda. Lub qhov rais yog framed nrog txoj kev maps ntawm yav dhau los Tours thiab posters ntawm cycling legends. Kuv ib nrab cia siab tias Ned Boulting yuav tsum taug kev mus rau hauv kev txhaj tshuaj, tab sis qhov no tsis yog parody - nws yog Tony lub neej. Nws ua tau 30 xyoo.
'Txhua yam tau hloov pauv,' nws hais. 'Kev sib tw zoo li Paris-Roubaix, cov neeg caij tsheb tau siv dav dav - txog 27 thiab 28 tam sim no. Qhov kev sib tw ntawd yog qhov tshwj xeeb vim peb kuj deflate cov log tsheb rau tsib bar ntawm siab [72psi].'
Nyob rau ntawm lub ces kaum ntawm Kev Pabcuam des Cov Kev Kawm yog ib pob ntawm cov pa roj carbon monoxide uas tau tawg nrog kev nco. Nws yog Lotus Super Bike Chris Boardman caij los taug qab nrhiav kub ntawm 1992 Olympics thiab, nyob rau hauv tus txheej txheem, tsa British caij tsheb kauj vab los ntawm ib qho khoom plig-tsawg tsaug zog uas tau kav ntev txog 72 xyoo. Thaum tus tsim guru Mike Burrows thiab Lotus tau txais kev qhuas txog thev naus laus zis, Mavic txoj kev koom tes tsis tshua muaj kev tshaj tawm tab sis sib npaug li kev vam meej. Nyob rau sab nraub qaum yog Mavic disc, pem hauv ntej Mavic 3G - lub log tsheb sib tham - uas tau ntsib teeb meem tshwj xeeb.
'Peb tau koom tes nrog kev txhim kho lub tsheb kauj vab vim tias tsuas muaj ib ceg nkhaus xwb,' Lethenet hais. 'Peb yuav tsum tau tsim lub hub bespoke kom tiv nrog lub asymmetric torque.'
Nws kuj tau tsim kev sib raug zoo nrog British Cycling uas txuas ntxiv mus rau hnub no. Txij li thaum Boardman kev siv dag zog, Tebchaws Askiv tau da dej hauv kev kub ntxhov thaum Fabkis caij tsheb kauj vab tau raug mob hnyav. Nws tag nrho tau ntau dhau rau tus thawj coj ntawm Fabkis caij tsheb kauj vab ntawm London Olympics. Tom qab Jason Kenny tau rhuav tshem Fabkis txoj kev cia siab zoo, Gregory Bauge, hauv kev sib tw txiv neej, Isabelle Gautheron yws tias GB tau siv 'magic log'. "Lawv nkaum lawv lub log ntau heev," nws hais thaum lub sijhawm. 'Lawv puas siv Mavic log tiag tiag?'
Cov xov xwm Askiv tau muaj hnub ua haujlwm - 'Quelle Horror', tshaj tawm Daily Mail. Lethenet tau pragmatic ntau dua: 'Peb tau ua haujlwm nrog British Cycling ntau heev thaum lub sijhawm tsim kho rau London thiab txuas ntxiv kev sib raug zoo niaj hnub no, hauv Manchester, ntawm no thiab hauv qhov cua-qhov peb siv hauv Geneva. Peb muab kev pab tib yam rau cov neeg Fabkis tab sis lawv tsis tuaj. Thiab ces lawv qw.'
Ironically, tus tshiab € 68million velodrome nyob rau hauv suburbs ntawm Paris yog ib tug qub txeeg qub teg ntawm Fabkis txoj kev ua tsis tau tejyam mus rau theem 2012 Olympics. Nws tseem yog ib lub cim qhia tias cov Fabkis tab tom shrugging tawm ib kab lis kev cai ntawm kev sib tw los ntawm lub plawv thiab pib puag technology.'Lawv yuav tsum,' hais tias Lethenet. 'Kev caij tsheb kauj vab tsuas yog mus dhau los ua kev tshawb fawb ntxiv xwb.' Tawm ntawm Kev Pabcuam des Courses, peb mus rau lub tsheb rau 150km tsav mus rau lub Hoobkas rim aluminium hauv Saint-Trivier. Thaum peb taug kev peb hla ntau lub tshuab tig Mavic prototypes ntawm kev ceev nrog av nkos thiab dej ya nyob txhua qhov chaw. 'Peb tab tom sim rau corrosion thiab waterproofing,' hais tias Lethenet. 'Qhov ntawd yog ntau npaum li kuv hais tau.'
