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Hmm, Maybe I Should Be an HP Velotechnik Dealer?



 
 
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Old May 15th 06, 05:05 AM posted to alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent,rec.bicycles.marketplace,nyc.bicycles,rec.bicycles.misc
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"NYC XYZ" wrote in message
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Gooserider wrote:


You aren't selling anything. The .marketplace NG is for the selling of
items. That's the big deal.



I have to sell something here to post here?

I have a question about a part of the bicycle market.

It's on-topic enough for me. I'm not forcing you to read. Really
don't know what's the big deal.


Yes, you should either be selling something or looking to buy something to
initiate a thread in a marketplace newsgroup. Why did you crosspost to
it---because it mentioned bicycle in the ng name? You're being obstinate.
You know you're wrong.


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Old May 15th 06, 08:54 AM posted to alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent,rec.bicycles.marketplace,nyc.bicycles,rec.bicycles.misc
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NYC XYZ wrote:

Wish I'd thought of getting air-sprung suspension for the front, too,


You effectively have, thanks to the air in the elastomer within the Meks
fork. See
http://www.hpvelotechnik.com/produkt...rsystem_e.html

My front brakes keep getting misaligned or something on
account of all the potholes I go over...no problem at all with the rear
disc!


I would suggest your front wheel needs tightening in the dropouts in
this case, rather than you need a different set of forks With a
reasonably rigid link between wheel and forks it shouldn't go out of
alignment just because you hit a bump.

I wonder what it takes to be an HP Velo dealer...


I guess a contract with HP Velotechnik and a viable business plan. I
don't know about the contract, but I think the viable business plan will
come first and would be tricky as the market is very small and you'll
need to provide specialist backup. At the moment you have someone else
shorten chains for you, so you'll need to hire a full time mechanic
which makes your wage bill double what most small bike shops have to pay
out. Also your up-front cost on demonstrator bikes will be high, even
at cost.

Pete.
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Old May 15th 06, 03:11 PM posted to alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent,rec.bicycles.marketplace,nyc.bicycles,rec.bicycles.misc
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Gooserider wrote:


Yes, you should either be selling something or looking to buy something to
initiate a thread in a marketplace newsgroup. Why did you crosspost to
it---because it mentioned bicycle in the ng name? You're being obstinate.
You know you're wrong.



I'm not being obstinate at all -- I'm only interpreting the words
"bicycle" and "marketplace" more broadly than you are. I didn't think
the newsgroup was only an online classifieds section, and frankly I'm
still not convinced that it actually is.

It may be the common practice that 99.99% of all posts are of the
"classifieds" variety but I don't see how that makes the other .01%
like mine totally off-topic or beyond the pale.

Sorry, but all I hear is that I shouldn't be posting here about my
questions concerning 1) the bike business, specifically how a
dealership works, and 2) whether White Bros. air shocks for the fork
would have been more fitting for a bike outfitted with a DT Swiss rear
air shock.

Sounds like your complaints are more off-topic than anything I've asked
about! In any case, I agree to disagree and you may have the last word
in this thread on that matter.

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Old May 15th 06, 03:42 PM posted to alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent,rec.bicycles.tech,rec.bicycles.marketplace,rec.bicycles.misc
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Um, it says so in the manual, don't it? Also, the dampening can only
be controlled on the right side, while the "resistance" (I forget the
technical term) can only be adjusted on the left side.

I've got the upgraded fork, BTW, the one with the air dampening on the
right and spring coil "resistance," as I say, on the left.



Peter Clinch wrote:


I'm not sure where you got that idea from. AFAICT each side of the fork
has identical spring/elastomer setup, spring at the top (so it can be
adjusted at the fork crown end) and elastomer underneath. The air
damping is within the elastomer as closed cells in the material.

Pete.
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Old May 15th 06, 03:48 PM posted to alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent,rec.bicycles.tech,rec.bicycles.marketplace,rec.bicycles.misc
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NYC XYZ wrote:
Um, it says so in the manual, don't it?


Fair enough, I'm just looking at the web site pic and that may well be
the old Ballistic fork on mine.

However, both sides will affect the behaviour of the fork because any
shock they take through the wheel should be transmitted through both sides.

Pete.
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Old May 15th 06, 04:06 PM posted to alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent,rec.bicycles.marketplace,nyc.bicycles,rec.bicycles.misc
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NYC XYZ wrote:
I'm not being obstinate at all -- I'm only interpreting the words
"bicycle" and "marketplace" more broadly than you are. I didn't think
the newsgroup was only an online classifieds section, and frankly I'm
still not convinced that it actually is.


Here's the (alleged) charter:

======================Begin Quoted Message==============================
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.marketplace
Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU!news
From: (Les Earnest)
Subject: Welcome to rec.bicycles.marketplace
Message-ID:
Sender:

Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 05:19:39 GMT
Lines: 15

I'm pleased to see that this group is alive and well.
Here, in case you don't remember, is the charter.

rec.bicycles.marketplace: Bicycles, components, ancillary equipment and
services wanted or for sale, reviews of such things, places to buy
them, and evaluations of these sources. Not for discussion of general
engineering, maintenance, or repair -- see rec.bicycles.tech.

Note that postings of articles on things for sale or wanted should
generally not be cross-posted to other rec.bicycles.* groups.

--
Les Earnest Phone: 415 941-3984
Internet:
USMail: 12769 Dianne Drive
UUCP: . . . decwrl!cs.Stanford.edu!Les Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
========================End Quoted Message==============================
--
Steven O'Neill

Brooklyn, NY
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Old May 15th 06, 07:02 PM posted to alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent,rec.bicycles.marketplace,nyc.bicycles,rec.bicycles.misc
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NYC XYZ wrote:
Gooserider wrote:


Yes, you should either be selling something or looking to buy something to
initiate a thread in a marketplace newsgroup. Why did you crosspost to
it---because it mentioned bicycle in the ng name? You're being obstinate.
You know you're wrong.




I'm not being obstinate at all -- I'm only interpreting the words
"bicycle" and "marketplace" more broadly than you are. I didn't think
the newsgroup was only an online classifieds section, and frankly I'm
still not convinced that it actually is.

It may be the common practice that 99.99% of all posts are of the
"classifieds" variety but I don't see how that makes the other .01%
like mine totally off-topic or beyond the pale.


It is off-topic and beyond the pale. You're an obnoxious twit.

Greg

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Revelries of dance and wine
Waking to the sound of laughter
Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons
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Old May 15th 06, 10:46 PM posted to alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent,rec.bicycles.marketplace,nyc.bicycles,rec.bicycles.misc
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"NYC XYZ" wrote in message
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Gooserider wrote:


Yes, you should either be selling something or looking to buy something
to
initiate a thread in a marketplace newsgroup. Why did you crosspost to
it---because it mentioned bicycle in the ng name? You're being obstinate.
You know you're wrong.



I'm not being obstinate at all -- I'm only interpreting the words
"bicycle" and "marketplace" more broadly than you are. I didn't think
the newsgroup was only an online classifieds section, and frankly I'm
still not convinced that it actually is.

You are violating the charter, and you have been told thusly. You are being
an obnoxious twit.


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Old May 15th 06, 10:58 PM posted to alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent,rec.bicycles.marketplace,nyc.bicycles,rec.bicycles.misc
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And you have all the IQ of a styrofoam helmet.



G.T. wrote:


It is off-topic and beyond the pale. You're an obnoxious twit.

Greg

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Revelries of dance and wine
Waking to the sound of laughter
Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons


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Old May 15th 06, 10:59 PM posted to alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent,rec.bicycles.marketplace,nyc.bicycles,rec.bicycles.misc
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Hmm....



Steven M. O'Neill wrote:
NYC XYZ wrote:
I'm not being obstinate at all -- I'm only interpreting the words
"bicycle" and "marketplace" more broadly than you are. I didn't think
the newsgroup was only an online classifieds section, and frankly I'm
still not convinced that it actually is.


Here's the (alleged) charter:

======================Begin Quoted Message==============================
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.marketplace
Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU!news
From: (Les Earnest)
Subject: Welcome to rec.bicycles.marketplace
Message-ID:
Sender:

Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 05:19:39 GMT
Lines: 15

I'm pleased to see that this group is alive and well.
Here, in case you don't remember, is the charter.

rec.bicycles.marketplace: Bicycles, components, ancillary equipment and
services wanted or for sale, reviews of such things, places to buy
them, and evaluations of these sources. Not for discussion of general
engineering, maintenance, or repair -- see rec.bicycles.tech.

Note that postings of articles on things for sale or wanted should
generally not be cross-posted to other rec.bicycles.* groups.

--
Les Earnest Phone: 415 941-3984
Internet:
USMail: 12769 Dianne Drive
UUCP: . . . decwrl!cs.Stanford.edu!Les Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
========================End Quoted Message==============================
--
Steven O'Neill

Brooklyn, NY


 




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