Humor: Stolen from alt.mountain-bike

  • Thread starter Phil, Squid-in-Training
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"Phil, Squid-in-Training" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:v1E8f.5896$mV4.5873@dukeread02...
> How to be a bike snob:
>
> http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/?id=2005/nelson_bike_snob
>
> --
> Phil, Squid-in-Training
>

Good one... Bike snobs are fun to play with, especially our local
race-oriented shops.

My winter project is to construct a mutant road bike with a mixed Suntour
and Campagnolo drivetrain. Running the numbers indicates that Campagnolo
10-speed Ergo shifters should shift a Suntour XC Pro RD with a 8-speed Sachs
cogset. My plan is to strap this stuff on a new 1985 Vitus 979 frame
(lighter than Cannondale CAAD 6) to produce an 18-pound totally-dialed-in
frankenbike in which no 2 parts match.

Its the mix of Simplex, Huret, Suntour, Mavic, Sachs and Campy components
that makes my local shop guys despair.

Ryan: you still using that 3-pulley Suntour ARX rear derailleur? That
indeed would be the finishing touch.
 
On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 16:18:19 GMT, "Bill Sornson"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>the bicycling food chain:
>http://www.rickdenney.com/social.htm


[upper half snipped]
>bullet Tourists--Loaded, cross-country, self-guided tours


It's nice to see that at least some of the time I'm in the middle.

>bullet Tourists--Loaded, cross-country, guided tours
>bullet Tourists--Loaded, organized vacation group
>bullet Tourists--Non-loaded, organized vacation group in mountains (e.g. Pedal the Peaks)
>bullet Tourists--Non-loaded, organized vacation group in mere hills (e.g. Texas Hill Country Tour)
>bullet Tourists--Weekend century riders
>bullet Club riders with Fancy Road Bikes
>bullet Club riders with Normal Road Bikes
>bullet Club riders with Aerobars
>bullet Recreational MTBers (off-road only)
>bullet Commuters with fenders, panniers, and lights
>bullet Commuters with panniers and lights
>bullet Commuters on racing bikes
>bullet The Rest of the World


The rest of the world *is* a commuter with fenders, panniers, and lights.
Why on earth are they up above race bike commuters?

Jasper
 
In article <JNM8f.344278$tl2.303338@pd7tw3no>,
"Dave Mayer" <[email protected]> wrote:

> "Phil, Squid-in-Training" <[email protected]> wrote in
> message news:v1E8f.5896$mV4.5873@dukeread02...
> > How to be a bike snob:
> >
> > http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/?id=2005/nelson_bike_snob
> >
> > --
> > Phil, Squid-in-Training
> >

> Good one... Bike snobs are fun to play with, especially our local
> race-oriented shops.
>
> My winter project is to construct a mutant road bike with a mixed Suntour
> and Campagnolo drivetrain. Running the numbers indicates that Campagnolo
> 10-speed Ergo shifters should shift a Suntour XC Pro RD with a 8-speed Sachs
> cogset. My plan is to strap this stuff on a new 1985 Vitus 979 frame
> (lighter than Cannondale CAAD 6) to produce an 18-pound totally-dialed-in
> frankenbike in which no 2 parts match.
>
> Its the mix of Simplex, Huret, Suntour, Mavic, Sachs and Campy components
> that makes my local shop guys despair.
>
> Ryan: you still using that 3-pulley Suntour ARX rear derailleur? That
> indeed would be the finishing touch.


For this project? It is yours.

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Ryan Cousineau [email protected] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos