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03-04-21, 12:16 PM
#8501
Super Modest
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RIP gnome
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03-04-21, 12:19 PM
#8502
Mostly Harmless
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I was sorely disappointed in the mass of my Microshift 9-speed rear derailleur - significantly heavier than even midrange LX 9-speed from days of yore. That seems to be par for the course though. Even though 15 years earlier, you could get stuff 25% lighter, they make the new low-cog-count stuff super heavy, cuz how else are they gonna goad you into getting 13-speed 
03-04-21, 12:20 PM
#8503
Mostly Harmless
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03-04-21, 12:23 PM
#8504
VFL For Life
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03-04-21, 12:32 PM
#8505
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03-04-21, 12:34 PM
#8506
Fat n slow
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My VW is 50K out of warranty and I'm sure it's going to explode one of these days.
Agree - wheel warranty is dumb, getting a wheel repainted / refinished cost me $150 on the Acura.
why?
The guys in the back room usually get pretty tired of me:
Extended warranty - nope
Wheel warranty - nope
Door ding warranty - nope
Glass etching - nope
Is there any kind of protection I can sell you - nope.
All that stuff they try to push in the backroom often provides a better profit margin for the dealer than does the car itself.
Extended warranty - nope
Wheel warranty - nope
Door ding warranty - nope
Glass etching - nope
Is there any kind of protection I can sell you - nope.
All that stuff they try to push in the backroom often provides a better profit margin for the dealer than does the car itself.
why?
03-04-21, 12:35 PM
#8507
shaken, not stirred.
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I'm not dead yet. that shake was so far away I didn't even feel it.
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03-04-21, 12:35 PM
#8508
VFL For Life
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03-04-21, 12:36 PM
#8509
So it is
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The guys in the back room usually get pretty tired of me:
Extended warranty - nope
Wheel warranty - nope
Door ding warranty - nope
Glass etching - nope
Is there any kind of protection I can sell you - nope.
All that stuff they try to push in the backroom often provides a better profit margin for the dealer than does the car itself.
Extended warranty - nope
Wheel warranty - nope
Door ding warranty - nope
Glass etching - nope
Is there any kind of protection I can sell you - nope.
All that stuff they try to push in the backroom often provides a better profit margin for the dealer than does the car itself.
03-04-21, 12:40 PM
#8510
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03-04-21, 12:41 PM
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03-04-21, 12:41 PM
#8512
VFL For Life
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03-04-21, 01:33 PM
#8514
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Yes, but the audience at large doesn't know that, so it gives the appearance that Velo Vol is being smarmy and uber-obtuse and getting away with it. So it's gone.
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03-04-21, 01:46 PM
#8515
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03-04-21, 01:47 PM
#8516
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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The guys in the back room usually get pretty tired of me:
Extended warranty - nope
Wheel warranty - nope
Door ding warranty - nope
Glass etching - nope
Is there any kind of protection I can sell you - nope.
All that stuff they try to push in the backroom often provides a better profit margin for the dealer than does the car itself.
Extended warranty - nope
Wheel warranty - nope
Door ding warranty - nope
Glass etching - nope
Is there any kind of protection I can sell you - nope.
All that stuff they try to push in the backroom often provides a better profit margin for the dealer than does the car itself.
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03-04-21, 01:56 PM
#8517
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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If no C'dale by 3:30, I'll drop LBS a gentle, "Hey, any news? I'll be in your neighborhood" email. It will only be true if the C'dale is ready, of course, but he doesn't need to know that.
*fingers drumming on desktop*
Wheels are somewhere between Illinois and here. I keep seeing people using Michelin Dynamic Classics for vintage builds because they're gumwalls, but they list for $20/ tire and generally seem to sell for a lot less, so do I really want a cheap-ass tire on a bike that's already hard riding? No I do not. And I'm not going to get the special "TdF" version of GP5000s, either! Black tires are good enough for me.
*fingers drumming on desktop*
Wheels are somewhere between Illinois and here. I keep seeing people using Michelin Dynamic Classics for vintage builds because they're gumwalls, but they list for $20/ tire and generally seem to sell for a lot less, so do I really want a cheap-ass tire on a bike that's already hard riding? No I do not. And I'm not going to get the special "TdF" version of GP5000s, either! Black tires are good enough for me.
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03-04-21, 01:57 PM
#8518
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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03-04-21, 02:05 PM
#8519
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Mrs. GeneJockey earned herself an "If Looks Could Kill" look from the Extended-Warranty-And Undercoating lady at one dealership, when she said, "No, we think these are pretty reliable cars, so we won't be needing an extended warranty", because what was the lady going to say? "It's a piece of ****! You need this coverage!"?
Actually I didn't say that last part out loud. But I thought it.
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03-04-21, 02:08 PM
#8520
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If no C'dale by 3:30, I'll drop LBS a gentle, "Hey, any news? I'll be in your neighborhood" email. It will only be true if the C'dale is ready, of course, but he doesn't need to know that.
*fingers drumming on desktop*
Wheels are somewhere between Illinois and here. I keep seeing people using Michelin Dynamic Classics for vintage builds because they're gumwalls, but they list for $20/ tire and generally seem to sell for a lot less, so do I really want a cheap-ass tire on a bike that's already hard riding? No I do not. And I'm not going to get the special "TdF" version of GP5000s, either! Black tires are good enough for me.
*fingers drumming on desktop*
Wheels are somewhere between Illinois and here. I keep seeing people using Michelin Dynamic Classics for vintage builds because they're gumwalls, but they list for $20/ tire and generally seem to sell for a lot less, so do I really want a cheap-ass tire on a bike that's already hard riding? No I do not. And I'm not going to get the special "TdF" version of GP5000s, either! Black tires are good enough for me.
If not, they do seem to be rising in popularity - I'm seeing them on many of the better tires from Schwalbe, Goodyear, Vittoria, etc.
03-04-21, 02:12 PM
#8521
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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Dangit, NASA's Super Guppy just landed in Mesa and here I am clear on the wrong side of the valley. 
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03-04-21, 02:19 PM
#8522
Should Be More Popular
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03-04-21, 02:26 PM
#8523
Should Be More Popular
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03-04-21, 02:29 PM
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03-04-21, 02:30 PM
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