April Fools? or not...

http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?...reviews/april1
_carbon_wrapit08



-bob

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 12:11:55 -0500, Hell And High Water
may have said:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?...reviews/april1
_carbon_wrapit08

Or, for the (non-carbon) line-wrap-challenged:

http://tinyurl.com/37rexc

I say: I think Sheldon would have been amused. I certainly was.
("Even more unexpected, however, was the decreased weight of our
guinea pig. Actual weight of our frame actually dropped about 100g;
Jacobsen says other frames should yield similar results while most
components should drop about 20g or so depending on what they are.")

Order now! Operators are standing by!

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On Apr 1, 11:59 am, Werehatrack wrote:
On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 12:11:55 -0500, Hell And High Water
may have said:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?...reviews/april1
_carbon_wrapit08

Or, for the (non-carbon) line-wrap-challenged:

http://tinyurl.com/37rexc

I say: I think Sheldon would have been amused. I certainly was.
("Even more unexpected, however, was the decreased weight of our
guinea pig. Actual weight of our frame actually dropped about 100g;
Jacobsen says other frames should yield similar results while most
components should drop about 20g or so depending on what they are.")

Order now! Operators are standing by!

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Typoes are not a bug, they're a feature.
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Reminds me of the Campy Centaur RD.
2006 model - twin beam top knuckle, all metal. 223g (short cage)
2007 model - solid top knuckle, carbon outer plate. 227g (short cage)

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 11:14:12 -0700, "Bill Sornson" may
have said:

Werehatrack wrote:
On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 12:11:55 -0500, Hell And High Water
may have said:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?...reviews/april1
_carbon_wrapit08

Or, for the (non-carbon) line-wrap-challenged:

http://tinyurl.com/37rexc

I say: I think Sheldon would have been amused. I certainly was.
("Even more unexpected, however, was the decreased weight of our
guinea pig. Actual weight of our frame actually dropped about 100g;
Jacobsen says other frames should yield similar results while most
components should drop about 20g or so depending on what they are.")

Order now! Operators are standing by!

"I can't believe that someone is tasteless enough to post spam to this group
using Sheldons name on April Fools day."

Signed, The Illustrious "News reader"

Key: this one was A) a fake product (believe it or not, the other one
apparently was real) and B) not attributed the way the other one was.

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