Beaver Cleaver's Bikes

"Claire Petersky" wrote in message news:UVD7d.1207$
Well, duh, we all know red bikes are faster.



Must be nice to be able to pick and choose your own colours.

Us pros just get handed a few team issues at the second pre-
season camp and that's that.

Sun, 03 Oct 2004 02:27:46 GMT, CsJ7d.591732$gE.509034@pd7tw3no,
The Artist, "Fabrizio Mazzoleni" lamented:


Must be nice to be able to pick and choose your own colours.

Us pros just get handed a few team issues at the second pre-
season camp and that's that.

You could choose to ride for CSC. At least they're riding on decent
looking bikes.
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zk

"Zoot Katz" wrote in message ...
Sun, 03 Oct 2004 02:27:46 GMT, CsJ7d.591732$gE.509034@pd7tw3no,
The Artist, "Fabrizio Mazzoleni" lamented:


Must be nice to be able to pick and choose your own colours.

Us pros just get handed a few team issues at the second pre-
season camp and that's that.

You could choose to ride for CSC. At least they're riding on decent
looking bikes.
--

Out of the question, there's been too many personal issues between me
and Bjarne Riis over the last few years. And I've never gotten along very
well with Ivan Basso, he's too vain for one thing.

The only upside with CSC would be having team osteopath Ole Kaere Foli,
it's great having someone like him on your team during a three week stage
race.

Zoot Katz

wrote:

You could choose to ride for CSC. At least they're riding on decent
looking bikes.

Not to denigrate Cervalo but it seems you are succumbing to nationalistic
jingoism as Lotto-Domo, T-Mobile, and Rabobank all have bikes that are at least
as cool looking as CSC. g

Regards,
Bob Hunt

Fabrizio Mazzoleni wrote:
Out of the question, there's been too many personal issues between me
and Bjarne Riis over the last few years. And I've never gotten along very
well with Ivan Basso, he's too vain for one thing.

Do you find it difficult to maintain your fetching modesty, what with
you being so talented and all?

*innocent look*

-km

On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 19:20:59 -0700, Zoot Katz wrote:

Sun, 03 Oct 2004 00:28:44 GMT,
, maxo
wrote:

On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 20:09:24 +0000, Claire Petersky wrote:

Well, duh, we all know red bikes are faster.

yeah, but they corner like crap.

White bikes tend to oversteer btw--so be careful out there.

A Scott branded Taiwanese butted cro-mo compact rigid MTB I've acquired
has a white front fork and head tube breaking to black on the main
triangle and stays where it breaks to red.

Rides like crap. Would repainting it help?

Absolutely!

Black is fantastic on it's own, but it does not *play nice* with other
colors unfortunately.

I find orange to be a happy blend of being able to quickly countersteer,
yet having some of the speed of red since it's in the warmer end of the
spectrum.

Good luck!

On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 02:13:06 +0000, Fx199 wrote:

Dude, those 2-3 speed fixed gears were pretty complicated...OK dude? NOT
100 YEARS AGO!
There were tiny gears inside a hub...never mind.....bye

LOL, easy on the RedBull there mate.

You might very well be right about the fixed versions, but hub gearing has
been around for well over a hundred years. The classic Sturmey Archer hub
has been relatively unchanged for the last 70 years.

And those gears are not so tiny....never mind...bye

Subject: Beaver Cleaver's Bikes
From: maxo
Date: 10/3/2004 11:29 AM US Eastern Standard Time
Message-id:

On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 02:13:06 +0000, Fx199 wrote:

Dude, those 2-3 speed fixed gears were pretty complicated...OK dude? NOT
100 YEARS AGO!
There were tiny gears inside a hub...never mind.....bye

LOL, easy on the RedBull there mate.

You might very well be right about the fixed versions, but hub gearing has
been around for well over a hundred years. The classic Sturmey Archer hub
has been relatively unchanged for the last 70 years.

And those gears are not so tiny....never mind...bye







haha, yeah, yeah, the fixed gear part was the point I guess LOL

Fabrizio: Out of the question, there's been too many personal issues
between me
and Bjarne Riis over the last few years. And I've never gotten along very
well with Ivan Basso, he's too vain for one thing.

The only upside with CSC would be having team osteopath Ole Kaere Foli,
it's great having someone like him on your team during a three week stage
race.


Yeah until he writes his tell-all book.

03 Oct 2004 15:29:01 GMT,
,
(Hunrobe) wrote:

Not to denigrate Cervalo but it seems you are succumbing to nationalistic
jingoism as Lotto-Domo, T-Mobile, and Rabobank all have bikes that are at least
as cool looking as CSC. g

bah! Their TT machines are probably made by Cervélo anyhow and just
painted in that inferior livery.
--
zk