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Tony Raven wrote:
Joe Canuck wrote: My comment was based on personal experience and was not "coloured" by reading magazines... which I don't. But wrongly ascribed your experience to the frame material and not the many other factors which would have influenced the harshness of the ride. At best you could say your advice was misleading. It was not advice. I was relating my personal experience. We can debate that until the cows come home, however it will still be my personal experience. |
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Well, just when I think I'm deciding between 2 bikes, a 3rd one gets
presented. $350CAD Norco Origami: http://tinyurl.com/dt644 I find myself fighting the assumption because something isn't well known it's somehow flawed as there's no information about the Norco. sigh I don't think I can take the risk on the Norco - I'll pick up the Giant Halfway later this week. At least it's a known quantity. Perhaps that assumption of flaws in lesser known products is just self-preservation for the 21st century working man who can't afford a $350 mistake. Thanks all - you guys have been helpful. Comments still appreciated. Chris _________ The first two bikes... $730CAD Giant Halfway: http://tinyurl.com/77d8l $450CAD "Avenir" (rebranded "2004 Dahon Impulse D6" - Aluminum): http://tinyurl.com/9r2e4 |
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On Thu, 26 May 2005 16:42:09 -0400, "C.J.Patten"
wrote: $350CAD Norco Origami: http://tinyurl.com/dt644 Looks like a rebadged Dahon to me, but ICBW. Guy -- May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at CHS, Puget Sound |
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Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
On Thu, 26 May 2005 18:46:30 GMT, "Steven M. Scharf" wrote: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/rinard/E...tigue_test.htm The EFBe frame tests have been thoroughly discredited many times. Well, Tony, Scharf states with absolute conviction that you are wrong. There are few more reliable indicators that you are right on the money! The Scharf Test rarely lets you down. Hmmm Scharf or Sheldon, Scharf or Sheldon, I wonder which I trust more? -- Tony "A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought" Lord Peter Wimsey (Dorothy L. Sayers) |
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"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote in message
... $350CAD Norco Origami: http://tinyurl.com/dt644 Looks like a rebadged Dahon to me, but ICBW. Yeah, I thought so too at first but I went through the entire Dahon website - 2004 and 2005, domestic and international - and while similar, it doesn't match any specific Dahon model. Guess it's another "no-name" type bike. (and at $350CAD for an aluminum frame, I'm guessing this is a Chinese knock off) OT: not to stir up a hornet's nest, but the "high-end" folders people keep talking about (Birdy, Brompton, Frog??) *seem* to have one thing going for them: folded size. Are they particularly good rides or is their popularity due to their compactness? (let's assume non-suspension models) Thanks again, Chris |
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in message , Tony Raven
') wrote: Just zis Guy, you know? wrote: On Thu, 26 May 2005 18:46:30 GMT, "Steven M. Scharf" wrote: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/rinard/E...tigue_test.htm The EFBe frame tests have been thoroughly discredited many times. Well, Tony, Scharf states with absolute conviction that you are wrong. There are few more reliable indicators that you are right on the money! The Scharf Test rarely lets you down. Hmmm Scharf or Sheldon, Scharf or Sheldon, I wonder which I trust more? Chips. -- (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ ;; Want to know what SCO stands for? ;; http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030605 |
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C.J.Patten wrote:
Well, just when I think I'm deciding between 2 bikes, a 3rd one gets presented. $350CAD Norco Origami: http://tinyurl.com/dt644 You may be able to check it out in person at Kunstadt in Kanata. Seems to me I remember Kunstadt keeping them in stock a couple of years ago, not sure about the current situation. I find myself fighting the assumption because something isn't well known it's somehow flawed as there's no information about the Norco. sigh I don't think I can take the risk on the Norco - I'll pick up the Giant Halfway later this week. At least it's a known quantity. Perhaps that assumption of flaws in lesser known products is just self-preservation for the 21st century working man who can't afford a $350 mistake. Thanks all - you guys have been helpful. Comments still appreciated. Chris _________ The first two bikes... $730CAD Giant Halfway: http://tinyurl.com/77d8l $450CAD "Avenir" (rebranded "2004 Dahon Impulse D6" - Aluminum): http://tinyurl.com/9r2e4 |
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Hey thanks. When I spoke to Peter Kunstadt the other day, they didn't keep
any folding bikes in stock except an old Peugeot (c.1980). Was thinking of going to get the Giant tonight but I may have a date (not with a bike I'll post back once I give the 'Halfway another test ride or if I get to try any others. (heading out of town tomorrow - might have a chance to try some other models while I'm away - Peterborough and London) TTYS, Chris in Ottawa "Joe Canuck" wrote in message ... C.J.Patten wrote: Well, just when I think I'm deciding between 2 bikes, a 3rd one gets presented. $350CAD Norco Origami: http://tinyurl.com/dt644 You may be able to check it out in person at Kunstadt in Kanata. Seems to me I remember Kunstadt keeping them in stock a couple of years ago, not sure about the current situation. I find myself fighting the assumption because something isn't well known it's somehow flawed as there's no information about the Norco. sigh I don't think I can take the risk on the Norco - I'll pick up the Giant Halfway later this week. At least it's a known quantity. Perhaps that assumption of flaws in lesser known products is just self-preservation for the 21st century working man who can't afford a $350 mistake. Thanks all - you guys have been helpful. Comments still appreciated. Chris _________ The first two bikes... $730CAD Giant Halfway: http://tinyurl.com/77d8l $450CAD "Avenir" (rebranded "2004 Dahon Impulse D6" - Aluminum): http://tinyurl.com/9r2e4 |
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C.J.Patten wrote: Was thinking of going to get the Giant tonight but I may have a date (not with a bike I'll post back once I give the 'Halfway another test ride or if I get to try any others. Well, tell us the results, and don't spare the details. Oh, and let us know about the bike, too! ;-) - Frank Krygowski |
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On Thu, 26 May 2005 22:31:07 +0100, Tony Raven
wrote: Hmmm Scharf or Sheldon, Scharf or Sheldon, I wonder which I trust more? Tough call. Scharf is, after all, one of the world's leading authorities on hubris. Guy -- May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at CHS, Puget Sound |
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