Originally Posted by
Wileyone
I wonder when "Tactical" will be applied to bikes? If it already hasn't.
When it happens, I guarantee it'll be Specialized.
Speaking of Specialized, I'm not sure it was them, but especially in MTBs, they seemed to start the loose hierarchy of component levels being labeled Sport/Comp/Pro/Team. "Team" or "Team Issue" definitely seemed popular to denote an absolute top of the line halo bike back in the 90s.
Originally Posted by
repechage
The SC, S.C., speciale corsa, Super Corsa, Supercorsa causes all kinds of grief.
i have found them languishing on eBay when not enough key terms have been used.
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Another fun example: De Rosa Professionals constantly getting called De Rosa Super Prestiges due to the Eddy Merckx commerative decal (reading "Trophee Super Prestige") on them. An old issue of Bicycling I saw actually repeated this mistake in a review of the bike.
E) dangit, had this thread open from another search and didn't realize it was old, whoops