Fred 'Italian' bike ads in VeloNews.

On 11/15/04 6:59 AM, in article , "Bob
Schwartz" wrote:

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


They are NOT out of business..........

http://www.supergo.com/profile.cfm?L...1&lcat_id =76
04&referpage=

It was the late 70s but it was in the Bikelogy Catalogue . The seatpost was
generic. IIRC, Bikeology was owned by Richard Goldsmith. It later morphed
in to Supergo which is now owned Performance.


"Bob Schwartz" wrote in message
...
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

It was the late 70s but it was in the Bikelogy Catalogue . The seatpost was
generic. IIRC, Bikeology was owned by Richard Goldsmith. It later morphed
in to Supergo which is now owned Performance.


"Bob Schwartz" wrote in message
...
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

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:23:02 GMT, "B. Lafferty"
wrote:

It was the late 70s but it was in the Bikelogy Catalogue . The seatpost was
generic. IIRC, Bikeology was owned by Richard Goldsmith. It later morphed
in to Supergo which is now owned Performance.

It must be after a bankruptcy around 1975. Bikelogy owed me somewhere
about $ 100. I got a couple of nice legal notices for my money.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:23:02 GMT, "B. Lafferty"
wrote:

It was the late 70s but it was in the Bikelogy Catalogue . The seatpost was
generic. IIRC, Bikeology was owned by Richard Goldsmith. It later morphed
in to Supergo which is now owned Performance.

It must be after a bankruptcy around 1975. Bikelogy owed me somewhere
about $ 100. I got a couple of nice legal notices for my money.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

Stewart Fleming wrote in news:Kb_ld.1429
:



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...

Bitch,
Marking it with red lipstick would work better.

Stewart Fleming wrote in news:Kb_ld.1429
:



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...

Bitch,
Marking it with red lipstick would work better.

On 11/15/2004 08:19 AM, in article
, "Steve"
wrote:

On 11/15/04 6:59 AM, in article , "Bob
Schwartz" wrote:

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


They are NOT out of business..........

http://www.supergo.com/profile.cfm?L...lcat_id =7604
&referpage=


The original Weyless was started by Bill Shook (of American Classic) ... Not
sure how he lost the name (or if he sold it), but Weyless/Supergo is NOT the
same Weyless ....


--
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On 11/15/2004 08:19 AM, in article
, "Steve"
wrote:

On 11/15/04 6:59 AM, in article , "Bob
Schwartz" wrote:

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


They are NOT out of business..........

http://www.supergo.com/profile.cfm?L...lcat_id =7604
&referpage=


The original Weyless was started by Bill Shook (of American Classic) ... Not
sure how he lost the name (or if he sold it), but Weyless/Supergo is NOT the
same Weyless ....


--
Steven L. Sheffield
stevens at veloworks dot com
veloworks at worldnet dot ay tea tee dot net
bellum pax est libertas servitus est ignoratio vis est
ess ay ell tea ell ay kay ee sea eye tee why you ti ay aitch
aitch tee tea pea colon [for word] slash [four ward] slash double-you
double-yew double-ewe dot veloworks dot com [foreword] slash

"Steven L. Sheffield" wrote in message
...
On 11/15/2004 08:19 AM, in article
, "Steve"
wrote:

On 11/15/04 6:59 AM, in article , "Bob
Schwartz" wrote:

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


They are NOT out of business..........

http://www.supergo.com/profile.cfm?L...lcat_id =7604
&referpage=


The original Weyless was started by Bill Shook (of American Classic) ...
Not
sure how he lost the name (or if he sold it), but Weyless/Supergo is NOT
the
same Weyless ....

In the late 70s, Weylesswas a very upscale US brand. Their clothing was
really nice, except for the see through wool shorts. I think they had hubs
which may well have been from Asia.