Re: [Classicrendezvous] Yes, we have no banana's

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From: "Peter" <prkbikes@erols.com>
To: "PeterGrenader" <peterg@ixpres.com>, <OROBOYZ@aol.com>
Cc: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [Classicrendezvous] Yes, we have no banana's
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 01:29:28 -0400


Folks,

The kind people at the SOMEC Booth were displaying 2 frames made from Deddaccai's newest aluminum (gasp) tubeset called U2. 51cm c-c framesets that weighed in at 900 grams[ thats 1.9823789 lbs.] with items like: full braze ons, replaceable drop out hanger, the new hidden headset and trick paint. Add an Alpha-Q full carbon fork to it and you could have a great bike.

Peter -----Original Message----- From: PeterGrenader <peterg@ixpres.com> To: OROBOYZ@aol.com <OROBOYZ@aol.com> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Date: Thursday, September 28, 2000 1:00 PM Subject: [Classicrendezvous] Yes, we have no banana's


>Dale was nice enough to include a picture from the Specialized booth from
>Interbike with this thing they had set up with a scale showing how a Specialized
>frame weighs the same as 4.5 banana's (see his show section on Cycles D'Oro)
>
>My girlfriend, not fooled by this malarkey, picked one of those banana's up. I
>don't know what they put in them, but a assure yo uif you were to bite one you
>would chip your teeth. I felt one myself and I will tell you even the most
>earnest gorilla would gripe. So for the record, a Specialized frame weighs as
>much as 4.5 lead-filled banana's.
>
>Nice marketing shtick though.