Walmart Mongoose XR-200 - Page 6

05-27-2004, 01:58 PM

"James Calivar" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].au> wrote in message
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<snip>
> What percentage of people who actually buy those bikes are sophisticated
> enough to use Yahoo groups?

Using Yahoo takes sophistication???

C.Q.C.

05-27-2004, 04:25 PM

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On 2004-05-27, kantspel <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> David Kerber wrote:
>
>> In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>, Sir.Ride-a-
>> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] says...
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Xtc wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Dave" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
>>>>news:5591d176.0405270648.c6ebe12@posting.googl e.com...
>>>>
>>>>>If you own one let's compare notes...
>>>>>
>>>>>[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>>>>
>>>>Thats one group I'm glad I don't belong to. lol
>>>
>>>I wonder what the life expectancy of that group is. What percentage of
>>>members are speared through the heart by a busted top tube?
>>
>>
>> Are you kidding? Those things are built like tanks. Unless they have a
>> rear susp, the frames are practically unbreakable. Now a head injury
>> from a thrown derailleur might be another matter <GGG>.
>>
>
> Oh, they break. They may have a lot of metal but it's cheap material and
> they don't appear to actually be engineered.

Back in the day, I broke one. My first MTB.

Course, I had to run into a parked car at approx 15mph to do it.

Mark

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05-27-2004, 04:25 PM

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On 2004-05-27, kantspel <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> David Kerber wrote:
>
>> In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>, Sir.Ride-a-
>> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] says...
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Xtc wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Dave" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
>>>>news:5591d176.0405270648.c6ebe12@posting.googl e.com...
>>>>
>>>>>If you own one let's compare notes...
>>>>>
>>>>>[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>>>>
>>>>Thats one group I'm glad I don't belong to. lol
>>>
>>>I wonder what the life expectancy of that group is. What percentage of
>>>members are speared through the heart by a busted top tube?
>>
>>
>> Are you kidding? Those things are built like tanks. Unless they have a
>> rear susp, the frames are practically unbreakable. Now a head injury
>> from a thrown derailleur might be another matter <GGG>.
>>
>
> Oh, they break. They may have a lot of metal but it's cheap material and
> they don't appear to actually be engineered.

Back in the day, I broke one. My first MTB.

Course, I had to run into a parked car at approx 15mph to do it.

Mark

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05-27-2004, 04:25 PM

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On 2004-05-27, kantspel <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> David Kerber wrote:
>
>> In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>, Sir.Ride-a-
>> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] says...
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Xtc wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Dave" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
>>>>news:5591d176.0405270648.c6ebe12@posting.googl e.com...
>>>>
>>>>>If you own one let's compare notes...
>>>>>
>>>>>[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>>>>
>>>>Thats one group I'm glad I don't belong to. lol
>>>
>>>I wonder what the life expectancy of that group is. What percentage of
>>>members are speared through the heart by a busted top tube?
>>
>>
>> Are you kidding? Those things are built like tanks. Unless they have a
>> rear susp, the frames are practically unbreakable. Now a head injury
>> from a thrown derailleur might be another matter <GGG>.
>>
>
> Oh, they break. They may have a lot of metal but it's cheap material and
> they don't appear to actually be engineered.

Back in the day, I broke one. My first MTB.

Course, I had to run into a parked car at approx 15mph to do it.

Mark

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05-27-2004, 04:25 PM

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On 2004-05-27, kantspel <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> David Kerber wrote:
>
>> In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>, Sir.Ride-a-
>> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] says...
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Xtc wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Dave" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
>>>>news:5591d176.0405270648.c6ebe12@posting.googl e.com...
>>>>
>>>>>If you own one let's compare notes...
>>>>>
>>>>>[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>>>>
>>>>Thats one group I'm glad I don't belong to. lol
>>>
>>>I wonder what the life expectancy of that group is. What percentage of
>>>members are speared through the heart by a busted top tube?
>>
>>
>> Are you kidding? Those things are built like tanks. Unless they have a
>> rear susp, the frames are practically unbreakable. Now a head injury
>> from a thrown derailleur might be another matter <GGG>.
>>
>
> Oh, they break. They may have a lot of metal but it's cheap material and
> they don't appear to actually be engineered.

Back in the day, I broke one. My first MTB.

Course, I had to run into a parked car at approx 15mph to do it.

Mark

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On 2004-05-27, kantspel <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> David Kerber wrote:
>
>> In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>, Sir.Ride-a-
>> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] says...
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Xtc wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Dave" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
>>>>news:5591d176.0405270648.c6ebe12@posting.googl e.com...
>>>>
>>>>>If you own one let's compare notes...
>>>>>
>>>>>[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>>>>
>>>>Thats one group I'm glad I don't belong to. lol
>>>
>>>I wonder what the life expectancy of that group is. What percentage of
>>>members are speared through the heart by a busted top tube?
>>
>>
>> Are you kidding? Those things are built like tanks. Unless they have a
>> rear susp, the frames are practically unbreakable. Now a head injury
>> from a thrown derailleur might be another matter <GGG>.
>>
>
> Oh, they break. They may have a lot of metal but it's cheap material and
> they don't appear to actually be engineered.

Back in the day, I broke one. My first MTB.

Course, I had to run into a parked car at approx 15mph to do it.

Mark

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05-27-2004, 05:16 PM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] says...
> On Thu, 27 May 2004 16:23:11 -0400, David Kerber
> <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> >Are you kidding? Those things are built like tanks. Unless they have a
> >rear susp, the frames are practically unbreakable. Now a head injury
> >from a thrown derailleur might be another matter <GGG>.
>
> As we know from a recent thread on rec.bicycles.misc (or was it
> .tech?), the forks on those bikes may be questionable; so one would
> get speared through the heart with the stem.
>
> A recent post included a link to a graphic demonstrating the type of
> wear that showed up very quickly on one Walgoose, as a bearing in
> the rear suspension pivot near the BB was crapped and the whole bike
> flexed sideways easily.

That's why I specified non-rear susp bike.

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05-27-2004, 05:16 PM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] says...
> On Thu, 27 May 2004 16:23:11 -0400, David Kerber
> <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> >Are you kidding? Those things are built like tanks. Unless they have a
> >rear susp, the frames are practically unbreakable. Now a head injury
> >from a thrown derailleur might be another matter <GGG>.
>
> As we know from a recent thread on rec.bicycles.misc (or was it
> .tech?), the forks on those bikes may be questionable; so one would
> get speared through the heart with the stem.
>
> A recent post included a link to a graphic demonstrating the type of
> wear that showed up very quickly on one Walgoose, as a bearing in
> the rear suspension pivot near the BB was crapped and the whole bike
> flexed sideways easily.

That's why I specified non-rear susp bike.

.....

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05-27-2004, 05:16 PM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] says...
> On Thu, 27 May 2004 16:23:11 -0400, David Kerber
> <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> >Are you kidding? Those things are built like tanks. Unless they have a
> >rear susp, the frames are practically unbreakable. Now a head injury
> >from a thrown derailleur might be another matter <GGG>.
>
> As we know from a recent thread on rec.bicycles.misc (or was it
> .tech?), the forks on those bikes may be questionable; so one would
> get speared through the heart with the stem.
>
> A recent post included a link to a graphic demonstrating the type of
> wear that showed up very quickly on one Walgoose, as a bearing in
> the rear suspension pivot near the BB was crapped and the whole bike
> flexed sideways easily.

That's why I specified non-rear susp bike.

.....

--
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05-27-2004, 05:16 PM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] says...
> On Thu, 27 May 2004 16:23:11 -0400, David Kerber
> <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> >Are you kidding? Those things are built like tanks. Unless they have a
> >rear susp, the frames are practically unbreakable. Now a head injury
> >from a thrown derailleur might be another matter <GGG>.
>
> As we know from a recent thread on rec.bicycles.misc (or was it
> .tech?), the forks on those bikes may be questionable; so one would
> get speared through the heart with the stem.
>
> A recent post included a link to a graphic demonstrating the type of
> wear that showed up very quickly on one Walgoose, as a bearing in
> the rear suspension pivot near the BB was crapped and the whole bike
> flexed sideways easily.

That's why I specified non-rear susp bike.

.....

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