Free flat handle touring bicycle! Get in early!11!!11!

I might have missed the joyous annoucement, because I had to invoke my
friend "Mark All Asread" a few times while I was away, but I just got
my GV Great Rides brochure.

"Enter early. Get a free bike. Pay... before 8 July 2005, and you
will recieve a free flat handle touring bicycle".

Nice colour scheme. Orange and purple.

700C alloy rims. Going up a notch!

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Oh, is sarcasm the lowest form of wit? :rolleyes

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cfsmtb

cfsmtb wrote:

Oh, is sarcasm the lowest form of wit?

At least it beats paying real money for the same bike when the weirdos try to
sell them on eBay for more than they're worth after the event. :-)
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TimC Wrote:
I might have missed the joyous annoucement, because I had to invoke my
friend "Mark All Asread" a few times while I was away, but I just got
my GV Great Rides brochure.

"Enter early. Get a free bike. Pay... before 8 July 2005, and you
will recieve a free flat handle touring bicycle".

Nice colour scheme. Orange and purple.

700C alloy rims. Going up a notch!

--
TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/
Entropy requires no maintenance. -- Markoff Chaney

"with patented 4-sided wheels to smooth those steps out..."

yee gads! couldnt learsport have come up with a different colou
scheme

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flyingdutch

On Mon, 2 May 2005 06:49:40 +1000, flyingdutch
wrote:


TimC Wrote:
I might have missed the joyous annoucement, because I had to invoke my
friend "Mark All Asread" a few times while I was away, but I just got
my GV Great Rides brochure.

"Enter early. Get a free bike. Pay... before 8 July 2005, and you
will recieve a free flat handle touring bicycle".

Nice colour scheme. Orange and purple.

700C alloy rims. Going up a notch!

--
TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/
Entropy requires no maintenance. -- Markoff Chaney

"with patented 4-sided wheels to smooth those steps out..."

yee gads! couldnt learsport have come up with a different colour
scheme?

Are learsports the ones making them? the shame ..

Carl Brewer Wrote:

Are learsports the ones making them? the shame ..

not sure if the y'made' them but they arraned them, apparently...
good deal for them, no doubt. 1000's of sales guaranteed.
And just think of all those LBS's getting servicing/fixing/repalcin
bits business. I was real dark on these thing last year but its hard t
argue with how many people you see out and about on em, still, and th
amount of business they have subsequently given LBS's for bigger-margi
accessories

still, that orange/purple. bleeerrrgghhhh! 'brunswick-garage-door
comb

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flyingdutch

On Mon, 2 May 2005 10:32:54 +1000, flyingdutch
wrote:


Carl Brewer Wrote:

Are learsports the ones making them? the shame ..

not sure if the y'made' them but they arraned them, apparently...
good deal for them, no doubt. 1000's of sales guaranteed.
And just think of all those LBS's getting servicing/fixing/repalcing
bits business. I was real dark on these thing last year but its hard to
argue with how many people you see out and about on em, still, and the
amount of business they have subsequently given LBS's for bigger-margin
accessories

I dunno, I reckon "giving" people ****ters is not such a good thing,
but this is based on gut feeling more than any real analysis.

I'd think that giving someone an unreliable, uncomfortable,
slow, heavy, ugly and difficult to repair bike would put them
off cycling, rather than get them to ride more. But, that's
gut feeling, not backed up by anything!

On Mon, 02 May 2005 11:59:40 +1000, Carl Brewer wrote:

I'd think that giving someone an unreliable, uncomfortable,
slow, heavy, ugly and difficult to repair bike would put them
off cycling

But wouldn't that be ideal for unreliable, difficult, slow, heavy,
ugly people? I know a few :-)

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"Carl Brewer" wrote:

I dunno, I reckon "giving" people ****ters is not such a good thing,
but this is based on gut feeling more than any real analysis.

I'd think that giving someone an unreliable, uncomfortable,

Seeing people still happily using them for town use and touring 6 months
later suggests that they can't be too bad. After all a big proporetion of
the reliable, comfortable big dollar bikes bought get ridden once or twice
then left in the garage. One GVBR probably doubles the mileage for the
average family cruiser.

slow, heavy,

Cheap does not always equal significantly heavy, and even a heavy bike can
be ridden happily many thousands of kilometres. I always like to remember
Heinz Stucke who left Germany in 1962 on his 25kg three speed and is still
touring the world. Remember Lance said "It's not about the bike"

ugly

Hey, what about those of us who love green and orange?!!

and difficult to repair bike

Will concede this, but mainly becaus they were supplied without a pre-ride
service to iron out the bugs.

would put them off cycling, rather than get them to ride more. But,
that's
gut feeling, not backed up by anything!

Reckon my gut feeling says I still see people riding them - that's got to be
good for cycling.

Cheers
Peter

"cfsmtb" wrote in message
...

Oh, is sarcasm the lowest form of wit?

Close, second lowest. You forgot "Everybody loves Raymond".

Cheers
David M