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02-14-2007, 03:29 PM

"Cathy Kearns" <cathy_kearns@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "di" <di9999@cox.net> wrote in message
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>> Any bike rider who is so stupid to not know the difference between a
>> bicycle drive train cassette and a musical media needs to be laughed at.
>> They are a joke to begin with, that's one of the problems with today's
>> society, we're raising a bunch of idiots, and then defending their right
>> to be an idiot.
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> Ah, if only the world worked that way. You see, most people who know that
> a bike has a cassette also already own a bike. I'm not that familiar with
> bike shop economics, but I'm betting they make lots of money off of
> selling bikes to people that don't already have a bike. I suspect if they
> limited their customers to those that could pass a "name that part" test
> first they would all go bankrupt. I don't think Mike meant to make his
> shop sound like it was only open to the bicycle elite that know some bikes
> have parts called cassettes. That's why I was surprised it was written
> that way.
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The way I read the post was this guy had a bike, he was getting it repaired.
I thought it was a very funny story, and didn't feel any sorrow for the
idiot who was being laughed at.

02-14-2007, 03:29 PM	#38 (permalink)
di Posts: n/a	Re: Customer had a problem with our service "Cathy Kearns" <cathy_kearns@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:YyNAh.14811$O02.1442@newssvr11.news.prodigy.n et... > > "di" <di9999@cox.net> wrote in message > newsVKAh.191792$qy.156037@newsfe16.lga... >> >> Any bike rider who is so stupid to not know the difference between a >> bicycle drive train cassette and a musical media needs to be laughed at. >> They are a joke to begin with, that's one of the problems with today's >> society, we're raising a bunch of idiots, and then defending their right >> to be an idiot. > > Ah, if only the world worked that way. You see, most people who know that > a bike has a cassette also already own a bike. I'm not that familiar with > bike shop economics, but I'm betting they make lots of money off of > selling bikes to people that don't already have a bike. I suspect if they > limited their customers to those that could pass a "name that part" test > first they would all go bankrupt. I don't think Mike meant to make his > shop sound like it was only open to the bicycle elite that know some bikes > have parts called cassettes. That's why I was surprised it was written > that way. > The way I read the post was this guy had a bike, he was getting it repaired. I thought it was a very funny story, and didn't feel any sorrow for the idiot who was being laughed at.