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johnbryanpeters

johnbryanpeters

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Metal

Metal

President of FRONJ
Oct 17, 2001
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magimerlin said:
I am looking for a road bike on evil bay when I came across this
http://cgi.ebay.com/52cm-Felt-F1C-Full-Carbon-Road-Bike_W0QQitemZ7230246982QQcategoryZ72574QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Your link doesn't work, but while looking for a 700c wheel for my road bike (taco'd a wheel dirt jumping it) I came across this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ADA-LIGHTWEIGHT-CARBON-WHEELS-WHEELSET-X-ZIPP-REYNOLDS_W0QQitemZ7228936636QQcategoryZ58099QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

$3320 for a set of wheels seems a bit much. And it still has 6 days 8 hours left and allready has 22 bids. According to the auction, the retail is $4300.
 
J

JRB

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I wonder if you get the jackass if you buy them, or if you are the jackass if you buy them. :think:

The wheels, that is.
 
DRB

DRB

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Oct 24, 2002
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Metal said:
Your link doesn't work, but while looking for a 700c wheel for my road bike (taco'd a wheel dirt jumping it) I came across this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ADA-LIGHTWEIGHT-CARBON-WHEELS-WHEELSET-X-ZIPP-REYNOLDS_W0QQitemZ7228936636QQcategoryZ58099QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

$3320 for a set of wheels seems a bit much. And it still has 6 days 8 hours left and allready has 22 bids. According to the auction, the retail is $4300.
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That's about right. But did anyone notice the picture of the donkey with the pictures of the wheels.

Pros pay retail for these things.
 
J

JRB

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DRB said:
That's about right. But did anyone notice the picture of the donkey with the pictures of the wheels.

Pros pay retail for these things.
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Uhm - yeah I noticed. Read the thread. :D
 
J

JRB

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Are a donkey and a jackass the same?

Pertaining to animals, the answer is yes.

A donkey, an ass, and a burro, are all the same name for the same beast. Jackass, is merely the name for a male ass, while jennett, not jillass, is the name for a female ass.

The Ancient Egyptians domesticated the sturdy ass over 5,000 years ago, for use as transportation, and to transport their belongings and commodities. This form of cheap labor, of which there are many kinds, spread throughout the world, and uses of the ass expanded to include the skin off of the ass, the meat off of it's bones, and the actual export of the ass as a commodity.

The Somali wild ass, hailing from Somalia and elsewhere in Africa, is a prime example of the versatility of the ass, as these shy animals, living together in groups of 5-20, adapt well to the desert climate, and can exist on a diet of dry grass and shrubs. The over-depletion of the versatile Somali wild ass, however, explains its rarity today. Asian wild asses, for example, the Syrian wild ass, suffered a similar fate, and can no longer be found in Syria, and in other parts of the Middle East. Man has hunted the Nubian wild ass, a northeastern African type, once living from the Nile to the Red Sea, almost to the point of extinction. Certain groups are attempting to protect the few remaining asses from being hunted and killed.

The modern ass, a descendent of the Nubian wild ass, meets the same transportation needs in Mexico, and in Central America, as it did in Ancient Egypt.
 
DRB

DRB

unemployed bum
Oct 24, 2002
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loco said:
Are a donkey and a jackass the same?

Pertaining to animals, the answer is yes.

A donkey, an ass, and a burro, are all the same name for the same beast. Jackass, is merely the name for a male ass, while jennett, not jillass, is the name for a female ass.

The Ancient Egyptians domesticated the sturdy ass over 5,000 years ago, for use as transportation, and to transport their belongings and commodities. This form of cheap labor, of which there are many kinds, spread throughout the world, and uses of the ass expanded to include the skin off of the ass, the meat off of it's bones, and the actual export of the ass as a commodity.

The Somali wild ass, hailing from Somalia and elsewhere in Africa, is a prime example of the versatility of the ass, as these shy animals, living together in groups of 5-20, adapt well to the desert climate, and can exist on a diet of dry grass and shrubs. The over-depletion of the versatile Somali wild ass, however, explains its rarity today. Asian wild asses, for example, the Syrian wild ass, suffered a similar fate, and can no longer be found in Syria, and in other parts of the Middle East. Man has hunted the Nubian wild ass, a northeastern African type, once living from the Nile to the Red Sea, almost to the point of extinction. Certain groups are attempting to protect the few remaining asses from being hunted and killed.

The modern ass, a descendent of the Nubian wild ass, meets the same transportation needs in Mexico, and in Central America, as it did in Ancient Egypt.
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Now you did it.
 
BigMike

BigMike

BrokenbikeMike
Jul 29, 2003
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I was up in my LBS the other day and saw a ZIPP frame with those wheels on them. My buddy that works up there said his bike was somewhere between 10-12k

Thats insane!
 
J

JRB

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You should be punched in the mouth for bidding on that. I can barely type I am laughing so hard though. :nonono:
 
maxyedor

maxyedor

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Oct 20, 2005
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Zipps are mothing. Back when I worked at the shop we built a Fondriest TF1 with Campy Bora wheels. That was a pricey bike. Final price was in the high 18s, the dude later bought a pair of Mavic Cosmics as a training wheel.
 
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