Cervelo Dual - Page 2 - Triathlon Week

09-20-2006, 06:05 AM

"chappy" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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>
> Skippy wrote:
>> "chappy" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
>> news:1158424817.872705.181510@k70g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> >
>> > Tom Henderson wrote:
>> >> Ali Razavi <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in news:eebsgf$m7e$1
>> >> @rumours.uwaterloo.ca:
>> >>
>> >> > non troll opinions please. If you don't have anything to
>> >> > say remaining silent is the wisest thing to do.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Skippy offered very real advice. Maybe it wasn't the detailed product
>> >> review you were looking for, but it absolutely wasn't a troll.
>> >>
>> >> Think about it this way. If you walked up to a real person, and asked
>> >> them
>> >> what they thought about the Cervelo Dual, and they said, "Well, the
>> >> bike
>> >> is
>> >> OK, but what really matters most is how the bike feels to you when
>> >> you're
>> >> riding it," would you insult them and walk away?
>> >
>> > Skippy was being an @ss. He didn't offer very good advice. He told
>> > him to ride it once and buy it if he liked it. He also assumed because
>> > he was asking a question that he had never ridden the bike. He came
>> > with an attitude of superiority. He said reviews, etc. where useless,
>> > which may be the case for him, but not the majority of people hence the
>> > ability for those things to sell.
>> >
>> > If skippy doesn't need advice and has this strong opinion that everyone
>> > else should figure things out for themselves and not rely on others
>> > experience, maybe he should quit hanging out on newsgroups.
>>
>> I was suggesting that a good dealer might just know a thing or two about
>> the
>> products they sell. Test riding and set-up are more important than
>> someone
>> else's opinion.
>>
>> >
>> > I think what Ali was trying to say in his accusation of troll is that
>> > if you have never ridden the bike and don't really know anything about
>> > the bike, he doesn't really need to here about your personal opinion on
>> > asking questions in a newsgroup.
>>
>> >
>> > As for insulting strangers, if I talked to someone in real life like
>> > skippy did Ali, I would hope someone would smack me.
>> >
>>
>> I have re-read my post, just to check, and I am not being rude. Perhaps
>> that's how you read it, but I was not. Calling people an '@ss' is.
>
> Maybe if you delete the first 3 sentences of the first paragraph and
> the first 2 of the second then you are not being rude. And I will
> agree that the first two sentences in the second paragraph where more
> stupid than rude, unless you are the A#1 expert, and know everything
> there is to know about the subject.
>
> I know that my post was rude, just like this one. Rude posts are far
> more entertaining than sincere helpful ones, but you shouldn't really
> try to disguise rudeness as helpfullness.
>

Entertaining only for the trolls writing them.

09-20-2006, 06:05 AM

I bought that bike and I really like it.
Anyways, I didn't wanna fire something like this,
I agree that there are different ways to interpret
a written piece of text. I personally try to avoid
writing two-sided things that might sketch people out,
when my intention is not that.

happy tri-ing guys.

09-20-2006, 06:05 AM

"Ali Razavi" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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>I bought that bike and I really like it.
> Anyways, I didn't wanna fire something like this,
> I agree that there are different ways to interpret
> a written piece of text. I personally try to avoid
> writing two-sided things that might sketch people out,
> when my intention is not that.
>
> happy tri-ing guys.

Thanks. Written English is unfortunately open to differing comprehension.
Glad you like the bike.

Now go do a PB!

09-20-2006, 06:05 AM

Skippy wrote:
> "Ali Razavi" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
> news:eeoqig$e66$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
> >I bought that bike and I really like it.
> > Anyways, I didn't wanna fire something like this,
> > I agree that there are different ways to interpret
> > a written piece of text. I personally try to avoid
> > writing two-sided things that might sketch people out,
> > when my intention is not that.
> >
> > happy tri-ing guys.
>
> Thanks. Written English is unfortunately open to differing comprehension.
> Glad you like the bike.
>
> Now go do a PB!

I love you guys.

10-05-2006, 12:10 AM

Ali Razavi schreef:

> Any opinion about this bike?, it comes with DuroAce for about 2K CAD.

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
Cervélo has identified a potential safety issue involving the down
tube loosening or separating from the head tube on some R2.5 frames.
Therefore, Cervélo Cycles is voluntarily recalling a limited number of

2005 model year R2.5 carbon bicycle frames.

Although the 2005 R2.5 carbon road frame passed all the standard
industry frame tests, this particular problem was not uncovered during
those standard frame tests. Cervélo has now discontinued the R2.5
model. The currently produced carbon road frames do not use the same
lug design and are not susceptible to this problem.

This recall only applies to 2005 R2.5 road frames with serial numbers
greater than R251700. These frames could have been purchased as a
frameset or built with Shimano DuraAce (red decals) or Campagnolo
Chorus (blue decals). All affected R2.5's have clear coating over
carbon fiber - see photo's along the left of your screen.

If you purchased a 2005 R2.5, and have since sold it or given it away,
please email the recall coordinator at [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] as soon as
possible with the name, phone number, email address and or full mailing

address (or any and all contact information you have) of the person who

purchased the frame from you, so Cervélo can inform them of the recall

process. Please share this notice and website with all your riding
friends or bike club.