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14-06.-2008, 02:53 PM
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Re: cutting the Time VXRS seat-post? integrated design...
On Jun 13, 10:48 pm, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@gmail.com> wrote:
> And the spare E Posts are readily available! > > http://www.glorycycles.com/loepor5se.html > > $350 !?!? None of my frames cost that much. And I bought my CX frame new. The product code is "loser". |
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14-06.-2008, 03:18 PM
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Re: cutting the Time VXRS seat-post? integrated design...
In article <0fd20b65-9c17-4bb1-a700-68ca31cb2893@z16g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
Robert Chung <rechung@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jun 13, 10:48 pm, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > And the spare E Posts are readily available! > > > > http://www.glorycycles.com/loepor5se.html > > > > $350 !?!? None of my frames cost that much. And I bought my CX frame new. > > The product code is "loser". Wouldn't that be the purchaser code? -- tanx, Howard The bloody pubs are bloody dull The bloody clubs are bloody full Of bloody girls and bloody guys With bloody murder in their eyes remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok? |
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14-06.-2008, 03:35 PM
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Re: cutting the Time VXRS seat-post? integrated design...
On Jun 13, 6:27 pm, "b...@mambo.ucolick.org"
> In my opinion, nobody should use an integrated seatpost > design dumbass, the impracticality of this (cutting your frame to set the seat height) is a big part of the appeal. it is the bike equivalent of a high maintainence girlfriend. |
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14-06.-2008, 05:35 PM
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Re: cutting the Time VXRS seat-post? integrated design...
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:27:04 -0700 (PDT), ilanpsi@gmail.com wrote:
>>Regular seatposts were good enough for Eddy, so they're good >> enough for me. >http://www.wolhauser.com/cxm.jpg Hahaha |
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14-06.-2008, 05:36 PM
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Re: cutting the Time VXRS seat-post? integrated design...
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:38:41 -0700 (PDT), "bjw@mambo.ucolick.org"
<bjw@mambo.ucolick.org> wrote: >> Regular seatposts were good enough for Eddy, so they're good >> enough for me. >> -Paul > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:...rRecordBike.jpg > ><http://www.cyclingnews.com/sponsors...years/?id=pics/ >EddyHourRecord> > >Not sure if these are actually the same bike, but though >drilled handlebars may have been good enough for >Eddy, they are not good enough for me. Although I note >he doesn't seem to have had the seatpost drilled. > Hahaha. Haha. |
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14-06.-2008, 06:08 PM
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Re: cutting the Time VXRS seat-post? integrated design...
Amit Ghosh wrote:
> it is the bike equivalent of a high maintainence girlfriend. At least the bike doesn't have a headache every time you want to ride it. |
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14-06.-2008, 06:54 PM
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Re: cutting the Time VXRS seat-post? integrated design...
On Jun 13, 4:05*pm, ilan...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Actually, the Look integrated seatpost is more reliable than a regular > post, if the clamp loosens or breaks, then the post cannot fall into > the seat tube. I talked directly to their rep here in France and he > said that they were required by EU law to keep spare parts for it for > at least 5 years (assuming the company lasts that long, of course). > You also have quite a margin of adjustment, about 4cm with a minimum > of 1mm spacers, which means you only have to cut the post once, and it > probably won't have to be recut if you sell the bike (as I wrote > previously, a Paris bike shop told me that this was not the case and > that you could never readjust saddle height without recutting the > frame, the rep was not pleased when I told him about this). *This is > not true for any of the other brands, as far as I know. Also, the > extra stiffness from integrated seat post can be counteracted by the > use of elastomer spacers. > Right, and when you buy a baseball bat, it comes with a foam sleeve that slips over it so that it doesn't hurt as much when you club yourself in the head repeatedly. Or you could just not club yourself in the head. Ben |
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14-06.-2008, 07:09 PM
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Re: cutting the Time VXRS seat-post? integrated design...
On Jun 14, 3:38*am, "b...@mambo.ucolick.org" <b...@mambo.ucolick.org>
wrote: > On Jun 13, 6:21*pm, "Paul G." <carb...@egine.com> wrote: > > > > > On Jun 13, 3:27 pm, "b...@mambo.ucolick.org" <b...@mambo.ucolick.org> > > wrote: > > > > In my opinion, nobody should use an integrated seatpost > > > design unless they're being paid/sponsored to ride the > > > bike, and even then it's questionable. *Fat Masters should > > > not use an integrated seatpost design even if they are > > > being sponsored. *In part this is because the possible > > > advantage or aero benefit is of no use to Fat Masters, and > > > in part it's to keep me from havin to listen to hem yakking > > > about their integrated aero seatmasts at the coffee shop. > > > So right. Jesus Christ, these new fangled bikes seem like science > > fiction to an old timer like me, though I still can't grok THROWING > > them. Regular seatposts were good enough for Eddy, so they're good > > enough for me. > > -Paul > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:...rRecordBike.jpg > > <http://www.cyclingnews.com/sponsors...years/?id=pics/ > EddyHourRecord> > > Not sure if these are actually the same bike, but though > drilled handlebars may have been good enough for > Eddy, they are not good enough for me. *Although I note > he doesn't seem to have had the seatpost drilled. > > Speaking as somebody who's broken quite a few freewheel > hub axles (I hardly break anything else, just those damn axles), > I'm not against innovation. *I'm against *stupid* innovation. > > Ben This bike is no longer legal, too light. -ilan |
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15-06.-2008, 12:33 AM
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Re: cutting the Time VXRS seat-post? integrated design...
On Jun 13, 6:38 pm, "b...@mambo.ucolick.org" <b...@mambo.ucolick.org>
wrote: > > Speaking as somebody who's broken quite a few freewheel > hub axles (I hardly break anything else, just those damn axles), > I'm not against innovation. I'm against *stupid* innovation. > Speaking of that, any guesses as to when the new 11 speed cassettes come out, and where it will all end? More's Law of Cycling: "More cogs, more bettah." -Yoshi Shimano. Kids laugh when I tell them I had to ride to school on a bike with only 5 cogs. -Paul |
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15-06.-2008, 01:04 AM
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Re: cutting the Time VXRS seat-post? integrated design...
Paul G. wrote:
> Kids laugh when I tell them I had to ride to school on a bike with > only 5 cogs. You lucky bastard! We didn't have cogs when I rode to school. David |
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15-06.-2008, 04:26 AM
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Re: cutting the Time VXRS seat-post? integrated design...
On Jun 13, 6:38*pm, "b...@mambo.ucolick.org" <b...@mambo.ucolick.org>
wrote: > On Jun 13, 6:21*pm, "Paul G." <carb...@egine.com> wrote: > > > > > On Jun 13, 3:27 pm, "b...@mambo.ucolick.org" <b...@mambo.ucolick.org> > > wrote: > > > > In my opinion, nobody should use an integrated seatpost > > > design unless they're being paid/sponsored to ride the > > > bike, and even then it's questionable. *Fat Masters should > > > not use an integrated seatpost design even if they are > > > being sponsored. *In part this is because the possible > > > advantage or aero benefit is of no use to Fat Masters, and > > > in part it's to keep me from havin to listen to hem yakking > > > about their integrated aero seatmasts at the coffee shop. > > > So right. Jesus Christ, these new fangled bikes seem like science > > fiction to an old timer like me, though I still can't grok THROWING > > them. Regular seatposts were good enough for Eddy, so they're good > > enough for me. > > -Paul > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:...rRecordBike.jpg > > <http://www.cyclingnews.com/sponsors...years/?id=pics/ > EddyHourRecord> > > Not sure if these are actually the same bike, but though > drilled handlebars may have been good enough for > Eddy, they are not good enough for me. *Although I note > he doesn't seem to have had the seatpost drilled. > > Speaking as somebody who's broken quite a few freewheel > hub axles (I hardly break anything else, just those damn axles), > I'm not against innovation. *I'm against *stupid* innovation. > > Ben The problem these days is that it's all about performance and in many cases maintenance is a afterthought. The other is is price/ performance. I used to work in a shop and I am very surprised that bike companies are able to charge so much. With the UCI weight limits there is a finite gain to be made. A lot of the parts companies seem more interested in seeing how they can lock you in to their groupo's or integrated bottom brackets etc... |
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