Spooky Skeletor!!!
12-17-11, 10:09 PM
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I sense the presence of botto and *** in this thread. Ghosts, sock puppets, bad karma, I don't know, but it's here.
12-17-11, 10:33 PM
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I'm surprised to see you choose a wheelset like that and run it with serfas tires. I for one have ridden the serfas tire and had great life out of them. Only reason I say I am surprised is because most people that I have talked to about the serfas tires make a bit of a bitter beer face about them.
01-16-12, 01:00 PM
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More mindless blubbering.
I'm wondering how many grand tour podiums Spooky has.
https://www.ternbicycles.com/features/smooth-tig-welding
https://www.kinesis-bikes.com/sciencelab.php
I'm wondering how many grand tour podiums Spooky has.
https://www.ternbicycles.com/features/smooth-tig-welding
https://www.kinesis-bikes.com/sciencelab.php
What size frame do you ride(For real, not that CYFAC that doesn't fit you, nor is the right tool for the application)?
How'sabout I send a frameset down for you to demo so you can take your foot out of your mouth?
Engineers are a sad breed, on par with doctors and lawyers in the high proportion therof with self-esteem issues and god complexes.
Bondo isn't engineering- and the "smooth weld technology" that Kinesis/Giant/Merida(the only three frame factories of note) have introduced over the last 5 years is driven by marketing, not necessity. Consumers expect everything to look like it's made of carbon fiber.
Spooky is a one person company. I manage to muster the mental energy to sell about 300 stock frames a year(Made by an ISO vendor in Oregon that used to build Specialized and Cervelo frames, among other things) and 50 custom frames a year here built in house by my good friend Frank The Welder(who just happens to have about 30 years of frame building under his belt, with bikes raced in the Pan Am games, Olympics, pro BMX, road and XC circuits and had plenty of bikes that he built under the paint of professional riders at the same time as Cyfac).
Over the last few years Spooky frames have been raced at the highest level on every continent except Antartica in MTB and 'Cross world cup and world championship races and in U23 road worlds, won a few US national MTB titles and innumerable district and regional races. I provided un-labeled MTB's for the past 3 seasons to the current US national 'cross champion as per his request as well as CX, MTB and road frames to a former Pro Tour rider who is currently running his own bike brand. Professionals come to us for the bikes they want to ride, not the bikes they are paid to ride. Did I mention the people that work for Trek, Specialized, Seven, Serrota, Cannondale, SRAM and Shimano that all bought our bikes at retail? Some of those people can't afford the bikes their companies make, some don't like them and other ones, although they have a choice of any bike out there want to ride a Spooky. Maybe they are on to something.
The bikes have stickers on them for a reason. You can peel a sticker off at lot easier than you can paint over it. Lots of happy sextegenarian sport riders are loving them as well.
That's really not too bad for a bike company that consists of one young guy who works himself to the bone just because he feels the need to offer people the option to buy the highest quality bikes made in America at a price that real blue-collar bike racers can afford.
I understand that you are self-important(me too!), and I understand that most of us are on the internet to vent off steam that would be better spent riding but dude,
don't hijack some kids ****ing thread blowing steam about things you really don't know nearly enough about to try to sway the opinions of other people.
Thanks!
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01-16-12, 01:39 PM
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Hah, you tell 'em Mickey. Your recent shipment of Havocstaffs has me interested, beautiful bikes.
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I'm so stoked I signed onto BF for the first time in a few months!
What size frame do you ride(For real, not that CYFAC that doesn't fit you, nor is the right tool for the application)?
How'sabout I send a frameset down for you to demo so you can take your foot out of your mouth?
Engineers are a sad breed, on par with doctors and lawyers in the high proportion therof with self-esteem issues and god complexes.
Bondo isn't engineering- and the "smooth weld technology" that Kinesis/Giant/Merida(the only three frame factories of note) have introduced over the last 5 years is driven by marketing, not necessity. Consumers expect everything to look like it's made of carbon fiber.
Spooky is a one person company. I manage to muster the mental energy to sell about 300 stock frames a year(Made by an ISO vendor in Oregon that used to build Specialized and Cervelo frames, among other things) and 50 custom frames a year here built in house by my good friend Frank The Welder(who just happens to have about 30 years of frame building under his belt, with bikes raced in the Pan Am games, Olympics, pro BMX, road and XC circuits and had plenty of bikes that he built under the paint of professional riders at the same time as Cyfac).
Over the last few years Spooky frames have been raced at the highest level on every continent except Antartica in MTB and 'Cross world cup and world championship races and in U23 road worlds, won a few US national MTB titles and innumerable district and regional races. I provided un-labeled MTB's for the past 3 seasons to the current US national 'cross champion as per his request as well as CX, MTB and road frames to a former Pro Tour rider who is currently running his own bike brand. Professionals come to us for the bikes they want to ride, not the bikes they are paid to ride. Did I mention the people that work for Trek, Specialized, Seven, Serrota, Cannondale, SRAM and Shimano that all bought our bikes at retail? Some of those people can't afford the bikes their companies make, some don't like them and other ones, although they have a choice of any bike out there want to ride a Spooky. Maybe they are on to something.
The bikes have stickers on them for a reason. You can peel a sticker off at lot easier than you can paint over it. Lots of happy sextegenarian sport riders are loving them as well.
That's really not too bad for a bike company that consists of one young guy who works himself to the bone just because he feels the need to offer people the option to buy the highest quality bikes made in America at a price that real blue-collar bike racers can afford.
I understand that you are self-important(me too!), and I understand that most of us are on the internet to vent off steam that would be better spent riding but dude,
don't hijack some kids ****ing thread blowing steam about things you really don't know nearly enough about to try to sway the opinions of other people.
Thanks!
What size frame do you ride(For real, not that CYFAC that doesn't fit you, nor is the right tool for the application)?
How'sabout I send a frameset down for you to demo so you can take your foot out of your mouth?
Engineers are a sad breed, on par with doctors and lawyers in the high proportion therof with self-esteem issues and god complexes.
Bondo isn't engineering- and the "smooth weld technology" that Kinesis/Giant/Merida(the only three frame factories of note) have introduced over the last 5 years is driven by marketing, not necessity. Consumers expect everything to look like it's made of carbon fiber.
Spooky is a one person company. I manage to muster the mental energy to sell about 300 stock frames a year(Made by an ISO vendor in Oregon that used to build Specialized and Cervelo frames, among other things) and 50 custom frames a year here built in house by my good friend Frank The Welder(who just happens to have about 30 years of frame building under his belt, with bikes raced in the Pan Am games, Olympics, pro BMX, road and XC circuits and had plenty of bikes that he built under the paint of professional riders at the same time as Cyfac).
Over the last few years Spooky frames have been raced at the highest level on every continent except Antartica in MTB and 'Cross world cup and world championship races and in U23 road worlds, won a few US national MTB titles and innumerable district and regional races. I provided un-labeled MTB's for the past 3 seasons to the current US national 'cross champion as per his request as well as CX, MTB and road frames to a former Pro Tour rider who is currently running his own bike brand. Professionals come to us for the bikes they want to ride, not the bikes they are paid to ride. Did I mention the people that work for Trek, Specialized, Seven, Serrota, Cannondale, SRAM and Shimano that all bought our bikes at retail? Some of those people can't afford the bikes their companies make, some don't like them and other ones, although they have a choice of any bike out there want to ride a Spooky. Maybe they are on to something.
The bikes have stickers on them for a reason. You can peel a sticker off at lot easier than you can paint over it. Lots of happy sextegenarian sport riders are loving them as well.
That's really not too bad for a bike company that consists of one young guy who works himself to the bone just because he feels the need to offer people the option to buy the highest quality bikes made in America at a price that real blue-collar bike racers can afford.
I understand that you are self-important(me too!), and I understand that most of us are on the internet to vent off steam that would be better spent riding but dude,
don't hijack some kids ****ing thread blowing steam about things you really don't know nearly enough about to try to sway the opinions of other people.
Thanks!
This makes me want to give you my money. I've always like your bikes, but when the time comes around for a new frame, I think I'll definitely be looking you up.
Although, if I say I hate your bikes will you send me one to demo??
01-16-12, 02:29 PM
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I'm so stoked I signed onto BF for the first time in a few months!
What size frame do you ride(For real, not that CYFAC that doesn't fit you, nor is the right tool for the application)?
How'sabout I send a frameset down for you to demo so you can take your foot out of your mouth?
Engineers are a sad breed, on par with doctors and lawyers in the high proportion therof with self-esteem issues and god complexes.
Bondo isn't engineering- and the "smooth weld technology" that Kinesis/Giant/Merida(the only three frame factories of note) have introduced over the last 5 years is driven by marketing, not necessity. Consumers expect everything to look like it's made of carbon fiber.
Spooky is a one person company. I manage to muster the mental energy to sell about 300 stock frames a year(Made by an ISO vendor in Oregon that used to build Specialized and Cervelo frames, among other things) and 50 custom frames a year here built in house by my good friend Frank The Welder(who just happens to have about 30 years of frame building under his belt, with bikes raced in the Pan Am games, Olympics, pro BMX, road and XC circuits and had plenty of bikes that he built under the paint of professional riders at the same time as Cyfac).
Over the last few years Spooky frames have been raced at the highest level on every continent except Antartica in MTB and 'Cross world cup and world championship races and in U23 road worlds, won a few US national MTB titles and innumerable district and regional races. I provided un-labeled MTB's for the past 3 seasons to the current US national 'cross champion as per his request as well as CX, MTB and road frames to a former Pro Tour rider who is currently running his own bike brand. Professionals come to us for the bikes they want to ride, not the bikes they are paid to ride. Did I mention the people that work for Trek, Specialized, Seven, Serrota, Cannondale, SRAM and Shimano that all bought our bikes at retail? Some of those people can't afford the bikes their companies make, some don't like them and other ones, although they have a choice of any bike out there want to ride a Spooky. Maybe they are on to something.
The bikes have stickers on them for a reason. You can peel a sticker off at lot easier than you can paint over it. Lots of happy sextegenarian sport riders are loving them as well.
That's really not too bad for a bike company that consists of one young guy who works himself to the bone just because he feels the need to offer people the option to buy the highest quality bikes made in America at a price that real blue-collar bike racers can afford.
I understand that you are self-important(me too!), and I understand that most of us are on the internet to vent off steam that would be better spent riding but dude,
don't hijack some kids ****ing thread blowing steam about things you really don't know nearly enough about to try to sway the opinions of other people.
Thanks!
What size frame do you ride(For real, not that CYFAC that doesn't fit you, nor is the right tool for the application)?
How'sabout I send a frameset down for you to demo so you can take your foot out of your mouth?
Engineers are a sad breed, on par with doctors and lawyers in the high proportion therof with self-esteem issues and god complexes.
Bondo isn't engineering- and the "smooth weld technology" that Kinesis/Giant/Merida(the only three frame factories of note) have introduced over the last 5 years is driven by marketing, not necessity. Consumers expect everything to look like it's made of carbon fiber.
Spooky is a one person company. I manage to muster the mental energy to sell about 300 stock frames a year(Made by an ISO vendor in Oregon that used to build Specialized and Cervelo frames, among other things) and 50 custom frames a year here built in house by my good friend Frank The Welder(who just happens to have about 30 years of frame building under his belt, with bikes raced in the Pan Am games, Olympics, pro BMX, road and XC circuits and had plenty of bikes that he built under the paint of professional riders at the same time as Cyfac).
Over the last few years Spooky frames have been raced at the highest level on every continent except Antartica in MTB and 'Cross world cup and world championship races and in U23 road worlds, won a few US national MTB titles and innumerable district and regional races. I provided un-labeled MTB's for the past 3 seasons to the current US national 'cross champion as per his request as well as CX, MTB and road frames to a former Pro Tour rider who is currently running his own bike brand. Professionals come to us for the bikes they want to ride, not the bikes they are paid to ride. Did I mention the people that work for Trek, Specialized, Seven, Serrota, Cannondale, SRAM and Shimano that all bought our bikes at retail? Some of those people can't afford the bikes their companies make, some don't like them and other ones, although they have a choice of any bike out there want to ride a Spooky. Maybe they are on to something.
The bikes have stickers on them for a reason. You can peel a sticker off at lot easier than you can paint over it. Lots of happy sextegenarian sport riders are loving them as well.
That's really not too bad for a bike company that consists of one young guy who works himself to the bone just because he feels the need to offer people the option to buy the highest quality bikes made in America at a price that real blue-collar bike racers can afford.
I understand that you are self-important(me too!), and I understand that most of us are on the internet to vent off steam that would be better spent riding but dude,
don't hijack some kids ****ing thread blowing steam about things you really don't know nearly enough about to try to sway the opinions of other people.
Thanks!
) and though he won't remember me, he and I spoke a few/couple years back about me racing on one of his bikes. I was astounded how eager he was to try and work around what would have been my demands (I develop BIG power and am hard on stuff) and this does mean the world of difference. Subsequently I on BMC and have cracked two frames doing short interval sprint training
01-16-12, 02:36 PM
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Awesome.
I'm so stoked I signed onto BF for the first time in a few months!
What size frame do you ride(For real, not that CYFAC that doesn't fit you, nor is the right tool for the application)?
How'sabout I send a frameset down for you to demo so you can take your foot out of your mouth?
Engineers are a sad breed, on par with doctors and lawyers in the high proportion therof with self-esteem issues and god complexes.
Bondo isn't engineering- and the "smooth weld technology" that Kinesis/Giant/Merida(the only three frame factories of note) have introduced over the last 5 years is driven by marketing, not necessity. Consumers expect everything to look like it's made of carbon fiber.
Spooky is a one person company. I manage to muster the mental energy to sell about 300 stock frames a year(Made by an ISO vendor in Oregon that used to build Specialized and Cervelo frames, among other things) and 50 custom frames a year here built in house by my good friend Frank The Welder(who just happens to have about 30 years of frame building under his belt, with bikes raced in the Pan Am games, Olympics, pro BMX, road and XC circuits and had plenty of bikes that he built under the paint of professional riders at the same time as Cyfac).
Over the last few years Spooky frames have been raced at the highest level on every continent except Antartica in MTB and 'Cross world cup and world championship races and in U23 road worlds, won a few US national MTB titles and innumerable district and regional races. I provided un-labeled MTB's for the past 3 seasons to the current US national 'cross champion as per his request as well as CX, MTB and road frames to a former Pro Tour rider who is currently running his own bike brand. Professionals come to us for the bikes they want to ride, not the bikes they are paid to ride. Did I mention the people that work for Trek, Specialized, Seven, Serrota, Cannondale, SRAM and Shimano that all bought our bikes at retail? Some of those people can't afford the bikes their companies make, some don't like them and other ones, although they have a choice of any bike out there want to ride a Spooky. Maybe they are on to something.
The bikes have stickers on them for a reason. You can peel a sticker off at lot easier than you can paint over it. Lots of happy sextegenarian sport riders are loving them as well.
That's really not too bad for a bike company that consists of one young guy who works himself to the bone just because he feels the need to offer people the option to buy the highest quality bikes made in America at a price that real blue-collar bike racers can afford.
I understand that you are self-important(me too!), and I understand that most of us are on the internet to vent off steam that would be better spent riding but dude,
don't hijack some kids ****ing thread blowing steam about things you really don't know nearly enough about to try to sway the opinions of other people.
Thanks!
What size frame do you ride(For real, not that CYFAC that doesn't fit you, nor is the right tool for the application)?
How'sabout I send a frameset down for you to demo so you can take your foot out of your mouth?
Engineers are a sad breed, on par with doctors and lawyers in the high proportion therof with self-esteem issues and god complexes.
Bondo isn't engineering- and the "smooth weld technology" that Kinesis/Giant/Merida(the only three frame factories of note) have introduced over the last 5 years is driven by marketing, not necessity. Consumers expect everything to look like it's made of carbon fiber.
Spooky is a one person company. I manage to muster the mental energy to sell about 300 stock frames a year(Made by an ISO vendor in Oregon that used to build Specialized and Cervelo frames, among other things) and 50 custom frames a year here built in house by my good friend Frank The Welder(who just happens to have about 30 years of frame building under his belt, with bikes raced in the Pan Am games, Olympics, pro BMX, road and XC circuits and had plenty of bikes that he built under the paint of professional riders at the same time as Cyfac).
Over the last few years Spooky frames have been raced at the highest level on every continent except Antartica in MTB and 'Cross world cup and world championship races and in U23 road worlds, won a few US national MTB titles and innumerable district and regional races. I provided un-labeled MTB's for the past 3 seasons to the current US national 'cross champion as per his request as well as CX, MTB and road frames to a former Pro Tour rider who is currently running his own bike brand. Professionals come to us for the bikes they want to ride, not the bikes they are paid to ride. Did I mention the people that work for Trek, Specialized, Seven, Serrota, Cannondale, SRAM and Shimano that all bought our bikes at retail? Some of those people can't afford the bikes their companies make, some don't like them and other ones, although they have a choice of any bike out there want to ride a Spooky. Maybe they are on to something.
The bikes have stickers on them for a reason. You can peel a sticker off at lot easier than you can paint over it. Lots of happy sextegenarian sport riders are loving them as well.
That's really not too bad for a bike company that consists of one young guy who works himself to the bone just because he feels the need to offer people the option to buy the highest quality bikes made in America at a price that real blue-collar bike racers can afford.
I understand that you are self-important(me too!), and I understand that most of us are on the internet to vent off steam that would be better spent riding but dude,
don't hijack some kids ****ing thread blowing steam about things you really don't know nearly enough about to try to sway the opinions of other people.
Thanks!
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