| Re: Recommendations for a road bike newbie
Zoot Katz wrote:
> 7 Mar 2005 20:43:59 -0800,
> <1110257039.272592.62660@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups. com>, "Bill H."
> <billjitsu@charter.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >Yeah, go to a shop. Nobody on this message board can help you
anywhere
> >NEAR as much as a good, local bike shop.
>
> This is a newsgroup, using the NNTP protocol, not a "message board",
> whatever the hell that is. There is much valuable information
> contained in Usenet archives where stupid remarks are neither
forgiven
> nor forgotten.
>
> There are people posting to this hierarchy of groups, from all over
> the world who've been riding and wrenching bikes far longer than the
> average LBS employee has been riding without training wheels. It's
> likely to be the best resource in the world if you can learn to
ignore
> the bull****ers and nobodies.
>
> I see you're accessing this group with your point&click web browser
> (HTTP) so probably know squat anyway.
> --
> zk
What an *******. The guy came here looking for advice. Why don't you
give it to him (if you have any) or shut up and shove your "I am the
alpha nerd" attitude up your ass.
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