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B. Lafferty wrote:
"gwhite" wrote in message ... 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!!!!!! -- Perre I gave up on SPAM and redirected it to hotmail instead. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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