New Worst Bike Joke
06-19-13, 09:33 AM
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New Worst Bike Joke
Browsing craigslist today, I came across this: https://columbus.craigslist.org/bik/3880826339.html. Being unfamiliar with the brand, I googled it and discovered that the TdF has contracted with an Ames, IA bicycle importer (think NASCAR, Polaris, Smith & Wesson, ect. branded bikes) to bring the world another junk bike. What's worse are the exorbitant prices they seem to be charging: https://www.cyclefg.com/shop/home.php?cat=351. The components are all LOW end Cheapmano, they're using STEM SHIFTERS?! and charging upward of $250? What kind of person buys this garbage? (Obviously, from the picture on CL, the kind that promptly installs the fork backwards.) I don't think I want to live on this planet anymore.
And, yes, I realise this post is less C&V as these are new bikes, but I feel C&V riders, at least in my area, are more prone to be appalled at these developments.
And, yes, I realise this post is less C&V as these are new bikes, but I feel C&V riders, at least in my area, are more prone to be appalled at these developments.
06-19-13, 10:16 AM
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06-19-13, 10:25 AM
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Browsing craigslist today, I came across this: https://columbus.craigslist.org/bik/3880826339.html. Being unfamiliar with the brand, I googled it and discovered that the TdF has contracted with an Ames, IA bicycle importer (think NASCAR, Polaris, Smith & Wesson, ect. branded bikes) to bring the world another junk bike. What's worse are the exorbitant prices they seem to be charging: https://www.cyclefg.com/shop/home.php?cat=351. The components are all LOW end Cheapmano, they're using STEM SHIFTERS?! and charging upward of $250? What kind of person buys this garbage? (Obviously, from the picture on CL, the kind that promptly installs the fork backwards.) I don't think I want to live on this planet anymore.
And, yes, I realise this post is less C&V as these are new bikes, but I feel C&V riders, at least in my area, are more prone to be appalled at these developments.
And, yes, I realise this post is less C&V as these are new bikes, but I feel C&V riders, at least in my area, are more prone to be appalled at these developments.
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06-19-13, 10:27 AM
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I understand that application sare being accepted for folks willing to undertake a one-way trip to Mars to start colonization . . . . 
Actually, that's not a joke. Such a project exists. I think they should call it "Roanoke Island II."
Actually, that's not a joke. Such a project exists. I think they should call it "Roanoke Island II."
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06-19-13, 11:44 AM
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Some time in the last year or two, there was an interesting New Yorker article on the TdF brand and the family that has owned it for a long time. Looks like they've decided to milk the ol' cow a little harder than they used to.
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06-19-13, 11:55 AM
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Came in here looking for bike joke. I am disappoint.
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06-19-13, 02:38 PM
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06-20-13, 02:00 PM
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Except when some guy sells one at a yard sale "Yup, just like they ride in that race in France" to the unsuspecting.
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06-20-13, 03:57 PM
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06-20-13, 04:02 PM
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Did you hear the one about the guy from Portland that showed up at the NAHBS with an artisanal tandem unicycle?
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06-22-13, 05:54 AM
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Joke: The 2013 TDF was totally drug free and won by someone using only his skills, strength, and courage without drug enhancement!
06-22-13, 08:32 AM
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I had a customer bring in one of those TdF bikes to be built from the box. Wow, I honestly didn't think that there ways to make a bike cheaper. One would think that this would have been an improvement over a psuedo duel suspension mtb, but it really isn't. We weighed it afterwards and I think somewhere in the mid 30lbs.
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