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Old November 13th 04, 03:07 PM
Per Elmsäter
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B. Lafferty wrote:
"gwhite" wrote in message
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Ewoud Dronkert wrote:

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:14:46 -0500, John Rees wrote:
Has anyone seen those full page 'buy Italian' bike advertisements
in VeloNews? The bikes always look dorky, and the 'riders' even
more dorky. One shot shows an attractive young lady with a
no-name bike with
vintage ergopower levers deep drop and reach bars and like a 44cm
width.
She's in jeans and I guess we're supposed to believe this is her
campus bike , yeah right.

Are the pictures anything like
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~dronkert/cycling/mm.jpg ?



I might have to Deep Drop the drawers.


Do you think she knows that the post has to be greased before
insertion?


Whazzat? I thought you'd have a "carbon" post!!!!!!
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Old November 13th 04, 05:18 PM
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gwhite wrote:


Ewoud Dronkert wrote:

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:14:46 -0500, John Rees wrote:

Has anyone seen those full page 'buy Italian' bike advertisements in
VeloNews? The bikes always look dorky, and the 'riders' even more
dorky. One shot shows an attractive young lady with a no-name bike with
vintage ergopower levers deep drop and reach bars and like a 44cm width.
She's in jeans and I guess we're supposed to believe this is her campus
bike , yeah right.


Are the pictures anything like
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~dronkert/cycling/mm.jpg ?




I might have to Deep Drop the drawers.



Quality post, Great White shark. We need more like you.

Magilla
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Old November 13th 04, 05:18 PM
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gwhite wrote:


Ewoud Dronkert wrote:

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:14:46 -0500, John Rees wrote:

Has anyone seen those full page 'buy Italian' bike advertisements in
VeloNews? The bikes always look dorky, and the 'riders' even more
dorky. One shot shows an attractive young lady with a no-name bike with
vintage ergopower levers deep drop and reach bars and like a 44cm width.
She's in jeans and I guess we're supposed to believe this is her campus
bike , yeah right.


Are the pictures anything like
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~dronkert/cycling/mm.jpg ?




I might have to Deep Drop the drawers.



Quality post, Great White shark. We need more like you.

Magilla
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Old November 15th 04, 09:52 AM
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Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
Are the pictures anything like
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~dronkert/cycling/mm.jpg ?



B. Lafferty wrote:
Do you think she knows that the post has to be greased before insertion?


And she can use a shim to get a good fit if the post isn't thick enough.

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Old November 15th 04, 09:52 AM
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Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
Are the pictures anything like
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~dronkert/cycling/mm.jpg ?



B. Lafferty wrote:
Do you think she knows that the post has to be greased before insertion?


And she can use a shim to get a good fit if the post isn't thick enough.

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Old November 15th 04, 09:56 AM
Stewart Fleming
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Donald Munro wrote:
Ewoud Dronkert wrote:

Are the pictures anything like
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~dronkert/cycling/mm.jpg ?




B. Lafferty wrote:

Do you think she knows that the post has to be greased before insertion?



And she can use a shim to get a good fit if the post isn't thick enough.


Just as long as she doesn't mark it with red tape so you know how far to
put it in...
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Old November 15th 04, 09:56 AM
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Donald Munro wrote:
Ewoud Dronkert wrote:

Are the pictures anything like
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~dronkert/cycling/mm.jpg ?




B. Lafferty wrote:

Do you think she knows that the post has to be greased before insertion?



And she can use a shim to get a good fit if the post isn't thick enough.


Just as long as she doesn't mark it with red tape so you know how far to
put it in...
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Old November 15th 04, 03:59 PM
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Do you think she knows that the post has to be greased before insertion?

For those of you that don't have the history in the US bike industry that
Brian has...

Many years ago (late 70s?) a US company called Weyless was in the bike
business. One of their products was a seatpost. At one point they ran
an ad with an attractive young lady holding a Weyless seatpost. The
ad copy read "Remember, always grease before insertion."

Thankfully they went out of business not long after. And many of us
in the US have never forgotten to grease our seatposts before inserting
them.

Bob Schwartz

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Old November 15th 04, 03:59 PM
Bob Schwartz
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Do you think she knows that the post has to be greased before insertion?

For those of you that don't have the history in the US bike industry that
Brian has...

Many years ago (late 70s?) a US company called Weyless was in the bike
business. One of their products was a seatpost. At one point they ran
an ad with an attractive young lady holding a Weyless seatpost. The
ad copy read "Remember, always grease before insertion."

Thankfully they went out of business not long after. And many of us
in the US have never forgotten to grease our seatposts before inserting
them.

Bob Schwartz

 




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