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Date: 05 Oct 2007 05:55:43
From: Qui si parla Campagnolo-www.vecchios.com
Subject: ad-forgot link
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http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-US/bikes/road/1237/29254/
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Date: 05 Oct 2007 20:21:16
From: Qui si parla Campagnolo-www.vecchios.com
Subject: Re: ad-forgot link
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On Oct 5, 8:57 am, "Mike Jacoubowsky" <mik...@ix.netcom.com > wrote:
> >http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-US/bikes/road/1237/29254/
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> I especially like this line-
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> "Outstanding Lateral Stiffness. Thanks to aluminum's unyielding stiffness,
> Alliance models feature equal bottom bracket deflection as traditional
> aluminum frames, at a fraction of the weight."
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> Aluminum's "unyielding stiffness?" What superlative would they have to use
> to describe just about any other material that would actually be even
> stiffer? It's not that it's aluminum that makes it stiff, it's the structure
> that aluminum allows you to build (larger diameters without a severe weight
> penalty). If it were steel, just think how "stiff" that tube would be!
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> --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycleswww.ChainReactionBicycles.com
Yep, if it were 'yielding' stiffness, that would be just before it
broke.
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Date: 05 Oct 2007 15:57:12
From: Mike Jacoubowsky
Subject: Re: ad-forgot link
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> http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-US/bikes/road/1237/29254/
I especially like this line-
"Outstanding Lateral Stiffness. Thanks to aluminum's unyielding stiffness,
Alliance models feature equal bottom bracket deflection as traditional
aluminum frames, at a fraction of the weight."
Aluminum's "unyielding stiffness?" What superlative would they have to use
to describe just about any other material that would actually be even
stiffer? It's not that it's aluminum that makes it stiff, it's the structure
that aluminum allows you to build (larger diameters without a severe weight
penalty). If it were steel, just think how "stiff" that tube would be!
--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
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Date: 05 Oct 2007 11:37:02
From: Peter Cole
Subject: Re: ad-forgot link
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Qui si parla Campagnolo-www.vecchios.com wrote:
> http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-US/bikes/road/1237/29254/
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It's actually a brilliant frame (from a marketing POV). You take
existing CF fork technology, modify a little for a rear wishbone, splice
it to 2 plain CF tubes which you then sleeve into a typical welded Al
frame. Slap on entry level wheels and components and charge a premium
for the "technology". What's not to like?
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Date: 05 Oct 2007 14:53:13
From: A Muzi
Subject: Re: ad-forgot link
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> Qui si parla Campagnolo-www.vecchios.com wrote:
>> http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-US/bikes/road/1237/29254/
Peter Cole wrote:
> It's actually a brilliant frame (from a marketing POV). You take
> existing CF fork technology, modify a little for a rear wishbone, splice
> it to 2 plain CF tubes which you then sleeve into a typical welded Al
> frame. Slap on entry level wheels and components and charge a premium
> for the "technology". What's not to like?
"seamless integration of these two materials" Means glue, yes?
Sure, 'State of the art'. Whatever
"Rigid yet flexible' Yawn, so 2006.
Anything new here?
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971
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