"So specialized no ordinary person could ride it"

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http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=83953

On Jun 3, 7:09 pm, Robert Chung <rech...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=83953

Imagine that, a track bike with a single fixed gear, and no brakes,
breathtaking! So STIFF no ordinary person could ride it. Anybody
searched Theo's entourage for viagra?
Bill C

Bill C wrote:
> On Jun 3, 7:09 pm, Robert Chung <rech...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=83953
>
> Imagine that, a track bike with a single fixed gear, and no brakes,
> breathtaking! So STIFF no ordinary person could ride it. Anybody
> searched Theo's entourage for viagra?
> Bill C

Yeah, but what's the vertical compliance?

On Jun 3, 7:09 pm, Robert Chung <rech...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=83953

Let's see...Take one of the most elegantly simple machines in the
world and let rocket scientists redesign it for a billion bucks just
so some guy can shave .000000000000001 seconds off his time. Yep,
sounds like time, money, and resources well spent.

In article <g24o1b02l58@news3.newsguy.com>,
dave a <blkcatREMOVETHIS@gmail.com> wrote:

> Bill C wrote:
> > On Jun 3, 7:09 pm, Robert Chung <rech...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=83953
> >
> > Imagine that, a track bike with a single fixed gear, and no brakes,
> > breathtaking! So STIFF no ordinary person could ride it. Anybody
> > searched Theo's entourage for viagra?
> > Bill C
>
> Yeah, but what's the vertical compliance?

It's one thing for a malinformed reporter to screw up a description like
that, but it appeared to be the bike company rep who was spouting that
dreck.

So stiff no ordinary person could ride it. Maybe it resists your stroke,
so pedaling causes it to break your legs.

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"Robert Chung" <rechung@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=83953

"So specialized no ordinary person could ride it"

Previous girlfriends have said the same thing about me