OT Interesting video - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

01-16-2007, 03:05 PM

Okay well it's not totally OT but sort of. I found this little video
clip on google.
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Shows the reason not to leave your carbon fiber ride laying around in
someones driveway.

Ken
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old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without
shocking the entire community. ~Ann Strong

01-16-2007, 03:17 PM

Ken C. M. wrote:
> Okay well it's not totally OT but sort of. I found this little video
> clip on google.
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>
>
> Shows the reason not to leave your carbon fiber ride laying around in
> someones driveway.
>
> Ken

Okay I think I mangled the link try this:
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Ken
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The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets
old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without
shocking the entire community. ~Ann Strong

01-16-2007, 05:06 PM

Ken C. M. wrote:
Ken C. M. wrote:
> Ken C. M. wrote:
>> Okay well it's not totally OT but sort of. I found this little video
>> clip on google.
>> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>>
>>
>> Shows the reason not to leave your carbon fiber ride laying around in
>> someones driveway.
>>
>> Ken
>
> Okay I think I mangled the link try this:
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>
>
> Ken

> Ken C. M. wrote:
>> Okay well it's not totally OT but sort of. I found this little video
>> clip on google.
>> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>>
>>
>> Shows the reason not to leave your carbon fiber ride laying around in
>> someones driveway.
>>
>> Ken
>
> Okay I think I mangled the link try this:
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>
>
> Ken

Now I want a Titanium bike, screw the Aluminum or Carbon fiber.
Bill Baka

01-16-2007, 05:18 PM

Ken C. M. writes:

> Okay well it's not totally OT but sort of. I found this little video
> clip on google.

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

> Shows the reason not to leave your carbon fiber ride laying around in
> someones driveway.

Oh, what sort of eggs would a carbon fiber bicycle lay, or maybe you
were possibly considering what effect leaving a bicycle lying in a
driveway would have. That's nucular!

Jobst Brandt

01-17-2007, 02:51 AM

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] wrote:
> Ken C. M. writes:
>
>> Okay well it's not totally OT but sort of. I found this little video
>> clip on google.
>
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>
>> Shows the reason not to leave your carbon fiber ride laying around in
>> someones driveway.
>
> Oh, what sort of eggs would a carbon fiber bicycle lay, or maybe you
> were possibly considering what effect leaving a bicycle lying in a
> driveway would have. That's nucular!
>
> Jobst Brandt

Sorry for the imperfect use of the english language.

Ken
--
The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets
old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without
shocking the entire community. ~Ann Strong

01-17-2007, 02:54 AM

Bill Baka wrote:
> Ken C. M. wrote:
> Ken C. M. wrote:
>> Ken C. M. wrote:
>>> Okay well it's not totally OT but sort of. I found this little video
>>> clip on google.
>>> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>>>
>>>
>>> Shows the reason not to leave your carbon fiber ride laying around in
>>> someones driveway.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>
>> Okay I think I mangled the link try this:
>> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>>
>>
>> Ken
>
>> Ken C. M. wrote:
>>> Okay well it's not totally OT but sort of. I found this little video
>>> clip on google.
>>> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>>>
>>>
>>> Shows the reason not to leave your carbon fiber ride laying around in
>>> someones driveway.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>
>> Okay I think I mangled the link try this:
>> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>>
>>
>> Ken
>
> Now I want a Titanium bike, screw the Aluminum or Carbon fiber.
> Bill Baka

That was my thinking as well, but then again I don't leave my ride where
that would happen and if it happened while I was riding I think I might
have more to worry about than my AL or CF bike getting crushed.

Ken
--
The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets
old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without
shocking the entire community. ~Ann Strong

01-17-2007, 03:51 AM

"Ken C. M." <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>Bill Baka wrote:
>> Ken C. M. wrote:

>>> Okay I think I mangled the link try this:
>>> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>>
>> Now I want a Titanium bike, screw the Aluminum or Carbon fiber.

Excellent choice! ;-)

>That was my thinking as well, but then again I don't leave my ride where
>that would happen and if it happened while I was riding I think I might
>have more to worry about than my AL or CF bike getting crushed.

The demonstration has merit well beyond a tube's (or a frame's)
ability to withstand being run over by a large SUV. There are all
kinds of ways to crush a tube, even if it's only a focused event that
results in a nasty dent in a down tube.

It is telling that they used a ROUND tube for the demonstration (and
mention that this is "before the 'enhancement'". Any shaping they'd
do to the tube would have made it less likely to stand up to the
weight, of course.

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
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Home of the $795 ti frame

01-17-2007, 06:01 AM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
"Ken C. M." <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

> Okay well it's not totally OT but sort of. I found this little video
> clip on google.
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
> Fdocid%3D3741362681682291899%26q%3Dbicycle%26hl%3D en&docid=3741362681682291899
> &ev=v&esrc=sr17&usg=AL29H21arWQFi78thYakNzAJ5xLlT7 uf-w
>
> Shows the reason not to leave your carbon fiber ride laying around in
> someones driveway.

To me, it shows that bad science in marketing drives away customers.
After watching that, I have no interest in ever buying a Litespeed
product.

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01-17-2007, 06:10 AM

Ken C. M. wrote:
> Ken C. M. wrote:
> > Okay well it's not totally OT but sort of. I found this little video
> > clip on google.
> > [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
> >
> >
> > Shows the reason not to leave your carbon fiber ride laying around in
> > someones driveway.
> >
> > Ken
>
> Okay I think I mangled the link try this:
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>
> Ken
> --
> The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets
> old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without
> shocking the entire community. ~Ann Strong

At least it was a diesel truck, the real future of internal combustion
engines....

01-17-2007, 06:15 AM

Doc O'Leary wrote:
> In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
> "Ken C. M." <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
> > Okay well it's not totally OT but sort of. I found this little video
> > clip on google.
> > [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
> > Fdocid%3D3741362681682291899%26q%3Dbicycle%26hl%3D en&docid=3741362681682291899
> > &ev=v&esrc=sr17&usg=AL29H21arWQFi78thYakNzAJ5xLlT7 uf-w
> >
> > Shows the reason not to leave your carbon fiber ride laying around in
> > someones driveway.
>
> To me, it shows that bad science in marketing drives away customers.
> After watching that, I have no interest in ever buying a Litespeed
> product.
>
> --
Ahhh geeezzz, another broad paintbrush on a teeny little unscientific
demonstration. "no interest in EVER buying a Litespeed product', C'mon,
why do so many take something SO small and make pronouncments like
that? 'Using the word 'toy' comes to mind. Some marketing is just
plain stupid, but to completely discount a potentially great product
designed by non-marketeers seems silly.
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