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The smart money is in staying back at the tent and talking to the
chicks with big tits. CC Advice that should be part of a Tao or Dictum. jj |
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Corvus Corvax wrote: Scott Gordo wrote: What's the point in demoing a wheel? If you were trying to sell a wheel, how would you do it? (Beyond hyperbole and a whole bunch of carbon tape?) Chicks with big tits. Nice. In bright yellow, too! If you were considering purchasing a prebuilt set (not that you would), wouldn't you like to know if it was going to rub your brake pads every time you put some muscle into it? My understanding is that things like brake rub are completely dominated by frame flex. That was certainly true with the 70's Sears clunker I was rocking for a while. It looked like it had been glued together, with the rear drop out sorta crimped into the stays. A hard turn would press the rear tire all the way into the stays, rubbing the paint off. This was preferable to the comically loud brake shriek that must have sent the NYPD on dozens of fruitless searches. Anyway, typically speaking, you think that wheels are stiffer than the frame/fork? Interesting. Sounds likely. However, I've heard a bunch about new school prebuilts beeing noodly and underspoked, especially under galoots like us. I guess that would depend on the set up we're talking about. And, very likely, the subjectivity of the tester. (I was also, admittably, thinking about the bleeding edge, super light weight, super expensive GRS when I wrote the previous.) Maybe somebody with more expertise in the engineering aspects of wheels can confirm this, but I would think that any wheel which was even basically functional could be approximated as being infinitely stiff in this regard. The thing which really differentiates one wheel from another is the quality of the build, i.e. durability. (Gordo, know you know this.) Presumably, any brand-new wheel is going to be perfectly true, but things like even spoke tension and stress relief are not going to be obvious from a demo. Nor will Mavic's unfortunate tendency to have bits of the weld break off inside the wheel and make a benign, but annoying "click, click" with rotation of the wheel. But I digress. The bottom line is that a demo tells you nothing about build quality. The only think I can think of that a demo might shed light on, besides simply weight, would be hub engagement. Keep in mind that this is coming from a handbuilt-32-3X-butted-stainless-spokes-with brass-nipples retrogrouch. (Gordo, I know you also know this ;-). And if you were Mavic, wouldn't you want your customers to experience a perfectly tuned version of their product? Oh, totally! I'm sure they get all sorts of people coming back from their demos raving about how "stiff" and "responsive" the wheels are, which makes about as much sense as raving about how "round" they are. The smart money is in staying back at the tent and talking to the chicks with big tits. Never underestimate the power.... CC /s |
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Corvus Corvax wrote:
Scott Gordo wrote: What's the point in demoing a wheel? If you were trying to sell a wheel, how would you do it? (Beyond hyperbole and a whole bunch of carbon tape?) Chicks with big tits. If you were considering purchasing a prebuilt set (not that you would), wouldn't you like to know if it was going to rub your brake pads every time you put some muscle into it? My understanding is that things like brake rub are completely dominated by frame flex. Maybe somebody with more expertise in the engineering aspects of wheels can confirm this, but I would think that any wheel which was even basically functional could be approximated as being infinitely stiff in this regard. The thing which really differentiates one wheel from another is the quality of the build, i.e. durability. (Gordo, know you know this.) Presumably, any brand-new wheel is going to be perfectly true, but things like even spoke tension and stress relief are not going to be obvious from a demo. Nor will Mavic's unfortunate tendency to have bits of the weld break off inside the wheel and make a benign, but annoying "click, click" with rotation of the wheel. But I digress. The bottom line is that a demo tells you nothing about build quality. The only think I can think of that a demo might shed light on, besides simply weight, would be hub engagement. Keep in mind that this is coming from a handbuilt-32-3X-butted-stainless-spokes-with brass-nipples retrogrouch. (Gordo, I know you also know this ;-). And if you were Mavic, wouldn't you want your customers to experience a perfectly tuned version of their product? Oh, totally! I'm sure they get all sorts of people coming back from their demos raving about how "stiff" and "responsive" the wheels are, which makes about as much sense as raving about how "round" they are. The smart money is in staying back at the tent and talking to the chicks with big tits. Years not over, but I'd say this one is in the running for Post of the Year. Shawn |
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Shawn wrote:
Oh, totally! I'm sure they get all sorts of people coming back from their demos raving about how "stiff" and "responsive" the wheels are, which makes about as much sense as raving about how "round" they are. The smart money is in staying back at the tent and talking to the chicks with big tits. Years not over, but I'd say this one is in the running for Post of the Year. Shawn Shows where my mind is. The only words I picked up on we Chicks Big Tits Stiff Responsive Shawn, working yet? I'm riding at Buff Creek on Friday if you're interested. -- o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o www.schnauzers.ws |
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I bought a set of wheels based on the way they ride. The wheels I used for
Leadville this year were a little heavy. I could have used the less weight in the rotating mass department. Especially going up powerline when I was pushing my bike. A week after "deadville" I demod a set of Cross Max wheels. Wow! What a difference. TJ -- No Signature. Read on. "Corvus Corvax" wrote in message ups.com... MattB wrote: My neighbor, Dan, will have the big yellow MavicMobile and lots of wheels for demo rides. I'm sure they're nice wheels. But... What's the point in demoing a wheel? CC |
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Bill Sornson wrote:
If you were trying to sell a wheel, how would you do it? (Beyond hyperbole and a whole bunch of carbon tape?) Chicks with big tits. I'll take two. At your service - big tits AND a bike, both in the same pictu http://www.bikemagic.com/news/images...ntleman_hi.jpg |
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wrote in message ups.com... Bill Sornson wrote: If you were trying to sell a wheel, how would you do it? (Beyond hyperbole and a whole bunch of carbon tape?) Chicks with big tits. I'll take two. At your service - big tits AND a bike, both in the same pictu http://www.bikemagic.com/news/images...ntleman_hi.jpg I used to not like the asthetics of those tires but under that guy they look great. Greg |
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On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:09:02 -0700, wrote:
Bill Sornson wrote: If you were trying to sell a wheel, how would you do it? (Beyond hyperbole and a whole bunch of carbon tape?) Chicks with big tits. I'll take two. At your service - big tits AND a bike, both in the same pictu http://www.bikemagic.com/news/images...ntleman_hi.jpg NIce! Butt, where's the seat and related post in that picture -- Slack |
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Scott Gordo wrote: wrote: So ... anyone going this year? I tried to get out of it, but it looks like I am going. R You poor thing! Condolences from the cubicle! /s Yah Yah ... the show has it's points, but I have been doing this since '79 and it is getting harder and harder to get up for it .... (Have at Bill). It is also time away from the family ....without any riding ...... oh the shame. R |
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