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Old October 25th 14, 10:08 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Saturday, October 25, 2014 12:13:46 PM UTC-7, sms wrote:
On 10/25/2014 9:11 AM, Lou Holtman wrote:
I did my annual trip to (one of) the largest bikeshop(s) of Germany
today which is within a one hour drive from my house. What do the
Germans know? I took some pictures. Judge for yourself. Enjoy.

https://picasaweb.google.com/1010765...eat=directlink


Amazing.

There is no place like that in the United States. Most of the shops are
very small with a very small selection of clothing and accessories.

I think that they should open a branch in Silicon Valley.


I'm certainly not aware of any shops in the US that have such a large footprint. Universal has a lot of stuff, but the shop is relatively small. http://www.universalcycles.com/visit_us.php If you know what you want and its not on the floor, they go back to the warehouse and get it. No place in town has that kind of clothing selection on display.

In fact, I can't think of any single-sport store (running, skiing, etc.) that is as big as Bike Town. We USians must have some big running store somewhere. R&A in Brooklyn claims to be the biggest bike shop in the world. That claim seems far-fetched, although they do have a lot of high end stuff. http://tinyurl.com/kl6ksp2 Typical cramped and cluttered store. Those kind of places drive me nuts, particularly since they are usually crowded, and you end up getting carried along in a tide of flesh.

Portland's version of Bike Town is book town -- Powell's City of Books. Our bike shops aren't that big, but we do have a ton of them -- and if someone was coming here from Germany, I'd give him or her a Vallium followed by a tour of ten or twelve of the better shops. Someone expecting the trains to run on time would need a mild sedative before plunging into the subculture of bike shops in this town.

-- Jay Beattie.





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Old October 25th 14, 10:41 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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jbeattie wrote:
On Saturday, October 25, 2014 12:13:46 PM UTC-7, sms wrote:
On 10/25/2014 9:11 AM, Lou Holtman wrote:
I did my annual trip to (one of) the largest bikeshop(s) of Germany
today which is within a one hour drive from my house. What do the
Germans know? I took some pictures. Judge for yourself. Enjoy.

https://picasaweb.google.com/1010765...eat=directlink


Amazing.

There is no place like that in the United States. Most of the shops are
very small with a very small selection of clothing and accessories.

I think that they should open a branch in Silicon Valley.


I'm certainly not aware of any shops in the US that have such a large
footprint. Universal has a lot of stuff, but the shop is relatively small.
http://www.universalcycles.com/visit_us.php If you know what you want and
its not on the floor, they go back to the warehouse and get it. No place
in town has that kind of clothing selection on display.

In fact, I can't think of any single-sport store (running, skiing, etc.)
that is as big as Bike Town. We USians must have some big running store
somewhere. R&A in Brooklyn claims to be the biggest bike shop in the
world. That claim seems far-fetched, although they do have a lot of high
end stuff. http://tinyurl.com/kl6ksp2 Typical cramped and cluttered
store. Those kind of places drive me nuts, particularly since they are
usually crowded, and you end up getting carried along in a tide of flesh.

Portland's version of Bike Town is book town -- Powell's City of Books.
Our bike shops aren't that big, but we do have a ton of them -- and if
someone was coming here from Germany, I'd give him or her a Vallium
followed by a tour of ten or twelve of the better shops. Someone
expecting the trains to run on time would need a mild sedative before
plunging into the subculture of bike shops in this town.

-- Jay Beattie.


I hate cramped bike shops. Rose biketown is nothing like that. This gives
you an impression

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j2I7Q4PsI00
--
Lou
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Old October 26th 14, 12:59 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On 25/10/2014 21:31, Andre Jute wrote:
On Saturday, October 25, 2014 6:47:13 PM UTC+1, Clive George wrote:
On 25/10/2014 17:11, Lou Holtman wrote:
I did my annual trip to (one of) the largest bikeshop(s) of Germany
today which is within a one hour drive from my house. What do the
Germans know? I took some pictures. Judge for yourself. Enjoy.

https://picasaweb.google.com/1010765...eat=directlink


I have mistakenly let my wife see those pictures. Now she will have
marked the road atlas with an exclusion zone.

(she wouldn't let me go to the Unimog museum either).


I've travelled in Unimogs in Africa in terrain suited to them. Not very comfortable. In civilization it is a vehicle for a similar type of person who buys a Land Rover 90 with those curved windows in the roof, in short, a poser. Super durable engineering though, for the circumstances for which it was designed.


I don't see them being bought by poseurs, more like farmers who want a
fast tractor. Nobody would actually use one as a car would they?

Friend's kid has the Lego Unimog model - it's pretty impressive. But he
prefers Tatra trucks.

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???? forestry, mining, oil exploration .....
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Old October 26th 14, 01:26 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Saturday, October 25, 2014 12:09:04 PM UTC-4, Lou Holtman wrote:
I did my annual trip to (one of) the largest bikeshop(s) of Germany
today which is within a one hour drive from my house. What do the
Germans know? I took some pictures. Judge for yourself. Enjoy.

https://picasaweb.google.com/1010765...eat=directlink


Lou


http://goo.gl/2FyiCF
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Old October 26th 14, 04:28 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Sunday, October 26, 2014 1:18:09 AM UTC+1, wrote:
???? forestry, mining, oil exploration .....


Sure. If the going is really rough, especially in the rainy season, seasoned travellers used to use them in Africa as an expedition truck, mainly in order to keep breakages and stuck-in-the-mud losses of whole trucks to reasonable levels. But nobody who expects comfort or speed chooses a Unimog; it is the choice of the desperate and the resigned, who MUST arrive, the sort of guy who before he even asks the price tells the salesman how many PSP holders he wants welded on. Outrageously expensive too, even by Daimler-Benz standards. But, outside of these truly horrendous conditions suitable strictly for third world specialists, a Unimog in civilization is a sure signal that you're dealing with poser.

Andre Jute
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Old October 26th 14, 11:28 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Lou Holtman wrote:
Clive George schreef op 25-10-2014 19:47:
On 25/10/2014 17:11, Lou Holtman wrote:
I did my annual trip to (one of) the largest bikeshop(s) of Germany
today which is within a one hour drive from my house. What do the
Germans know? I took some pictures. Judge for yourself. Enjoy.

https://picasaweb.google.com/1010765...eat=directlink


I have mistakenly let my wife see those pictures. Now she will have
marked the road atlas with an exclusion zone.

(she wouldn't let me go to the Unimog museum either).


For the same reason I go only once a year. Everytime I need some
clothing. They have al the major brands and available in all the sizes,
which means I never leave without. This time a winter jacket and
wintershoes ;-)


Tell her that these could have been essentially free if you had bought just
a couple of Philips bike lights on sale, to resell them to some clueless
Potrlandians who seem to need a battery light to tie their shoelaces.

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Old October 26th 14, 12:55 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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WELL, LOOK UP A PART AND COMPARE !

http://www.rosebikes.com/products/

http://www.universalcycles.com/

Before Lou brought this out, interactions tween Euro's and their accessing US parts opportunities were 'gee whiz, I wish we ad that at that price'
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Old October 26th 14, 02:33 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Per Lou Holtman:
What do the
Germans know? I took some pictures. Judge for yourself. Enjoy.

https://picasaweb.google.com/1010765...eat=directlink


The density of merchandise per square foot of floor space seems awfully
low.
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Pete Cresswell
 




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