Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Snapple "real fact" #152...

Very Ironic, I was eating lunch, reading a few threads and opened up a bottle of Snapple and checked under the cap...
"real fact" #152 = In 1985, the fastest bicyclist was clocked at 154 mph.
Was this guy and his bike strapped to a very fast moving car? LOL
I remember doing mid 60's on my bicycle. I've come close to 154 on my "other" bike (see avatar)
This bike and setup must have been straight out of Buck Rogers.

real fact: snapple sucks and donates to operation rescue.

That's why i drink newman's pink lemonade. He donates to some cause... oh wait, i drink newmans because its 99 cents and because cool hand luke was awesome. so snapple, huh? cool.

drafted a car at bonneville (on 20" wheels too!)

http://www.canosoarus.com/08LSRbicycle/LSR%20Bike01.htm

it was actually more like 152 mph.
and yes, he was strapped to the back of a car. for a while.
and yes, it was a fixed gear.

http://www.canosoarus.com/08LSRbicycle/LSR%20Bike01.htm

real fact: snapple sucks and donates to operation rescue.
your mom donates to operation rescue.

Ugh, Snapples tastes like nothing but sugar and flavouring. That stuff rots my stomach.

snapple is a nasty product and it's run by nasty people.

real fact: snapple sucks and donates to operation rescue.


Snapple MAY suck, but they do NOT donate to Operation Rescue. That's an OLD lie, and has been disproven repeatedly. They're also not owned by the KKK or by Osama - which are both popular online delusions, as well.

http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/snapple.asp

real fact: snapple sucks and donates to operation rescue.
From the Snopes Urban Legends web page

http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/snapple.asp

Claim: * Snapple is affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan (or donates money to the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue).

Status: * False.

Origins: * In 1992 a rumor wafted through the air that Snapple, the highly-popular line of ice teas and juice drinks, had ties to the Ku Klux Klan. Another specious whisper intoned that it supported Operation Rescue, a pro-life group. By year-end, a third was making the rounds, that the company brewed some of its teas in then-apartheid South Africa.

"The rumors are so ridiculous we thought they would go away, but they didn't," said Leonard Marsh, then president of the firm. "It reached the point it was getting out of hand and we had to address it."

In 1993 Snapple Beverage Co. went toe to toe with the slanders. Full-page ads appeared in major northern California newspapers, denying the claim that the company was allied with either the Ku Klux Klan or Operation Rescue.

"We are not involved in any way whatsoever with the KKK, Operation Rescue or any other type of pressure group or organization, period," said the ad. The claims about South Africa (a far less widespread rumor and one that only followed months later on the heels of the other two) were not publicly addressed, but they too were false.

snapple is a nasty product and it's run by nasty people.


Are you an anti-Semite, or what? ;)

real fact: one sith of snapple real facts are false

real fact: snapple sucks and donates to operation rescue.

My apologies to you. Had the label read "we donate to operation rescue" instead of "made from the best stuff on earth" I probably would have made another choice. Honestly, I like the taste of their Lime Green Tea.
It's difficult to make a consumer decision these days, I have no idea what corporations donate to, who they exploit, who they help, how they treat people, etc. I'm sure there a horror stories about every company out there. So unless I find a stream with clean fresh water (tough in NYC) it's difficult to get by without pissing someone off.
Sorry, I didn't realize this wasn't a PC post.!?!

Are you an anti-Semite, or what? ;)
Dude what the hell? Where did he even imply that Jews ran the company. I'm Jewish and I don't even like to see that word bandied about.

Veering this even more off-topic:

eMwolB, you might find this interesting:

http://www.theyrule.net

eMwolB, you might find this interesting:

http://www.theyrule.net

That blew my mind. Reminds me of this great (media specific) find: Who Owns What (http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/)

That said, I believe the speed record bicycle without any sort of drafting is by Sam Whittingham (Canada) at 78 mph. The bike was a custom recumbent (of course) with an aero shell, named the Diablo II.

http://www.speed101.com/now/fastest_0908_6.htm

Veering this even more off-topic:

eMwolB, you might find this interesting:

http://www.theyrule.net


Good link. Interesting site. It's too bad they don't provide links to their source information though. I sort of am inherently distrustful of work/research I haven't done myself, but still pretty badass nonetheless.

That blew my mind. Reminds me of this great (media specific) find: Who Owns What (http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/)

That said, I believe the speed record bicycle without any sort of drafting is by Sam Whittingham (Canada) at 78 mph. The bike was a custom recumbent (of course) with an aero shell, named the Diablo II.

http://www.speed101.com/now/fastest_0908_6.htm

Actually, he's broken his own record and has reached a top speed of 81 mph. I seem to remember reading he's reached 82 mph but I can't seem to find anything now...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Whittingham

those flares and that chainring!? (http://www.canosoarus.com/08LSRbicycle/LSR%20Bike02.htm) this dude is looking for big trouble.

drafted a car at bonneville (on 20" wheels too!)

http://www.canosoarus.com/08LSRbicycle/LSR%20Bike01.htm

haha i misread this and thought it was some guy drafting a pontiac bonneville...

real fact: one sith of snapple real facts are false

http://wso.williams.edu/~rfoxwell/starwars/pics/Palpatine.jpg

i never trusted those facts anyway

Holy sh1t! I knew recumbents were fast, but this is sick! Over here, the motorway speed limit has just been risen, but 81mph is over the new, elevated limit as well... And it's a 200 m flying start, not even a top speed attempt.

your mom donates to operation rescue.
i think i'll go write that on the bathroom wall.

Good link. Interesting site. It's too bad they don't provide links to their source information though. I sort of am inherently distrustful of work/research I haven't done myself, but still pretty badass nonetheless.

From the front page: "The data was collected from their websites and SEC filings in early 2004"

From the front page: "The data was collected from their websites and SEC filings in early 2004"

I hear you, BT. I saw that too. But it doesn't necessarily make all that information and the way the map links up inherently accurate. These are not connections that I make and code myself. All because Snapple took out a full page ad in some newspapers and claimed that they had nothing to do with the KKK or operation rescue doesn't mean that it's true. It doesn't make the rumor false. (For the record, I don't think there's a chance in hell the rumor is true). But I'm sure you know this, because I know you're a smart guy. I was merely stating that I would feel more comfortable had I been the one who had seen those SEC filings and company websites. For the sake of accuracy. Carry on...

Dude what the hell? Where did he even imply that Jews ran the company. I'm Jewish and I don't even like to see that word bandied about.

The three founders ARE Jewish; he said they were "nasty people" - I'm questioning exactly what he meant by that comment... All clear now?

I just want to say that it's threads like this that keep me lurking on the forums throughout the day (that, and mechanical questions I have). I love how an innocent topic can degenerate into complete and udder(ly smooth) madness within the span of like 10 posts. Classic entropy. Love it.

actually, now that I look back, it was pretty much derailed at post #2.

The three founders ARE Jewish; he said they were "nasty people" - I'm questioning exactly what he meant by that comment... All clear now?

Word. I did not know that. Challah back at my hebrew.

That blew my mind. Reminds me of this great (media specific) find: Who Owns What (http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/)

That said, I believe the speed record bicycle without any sort of drafting is by Sam Whittingham (Canada) at 78 mph. The bike was a custom recumbent (of course) with an aero shell, named the Diablo II.

http://www.speed101.com/now/fastest_0908_6.htm

and he also makes some sweet custom frames. There are a few at my local velo.
http://www.fortebikes.com/custom.htm

He's on my list if I ever decide to go custom.

Veering this even more off-topic:

eMwolB, you might find this interesting:

http://www.theyrule.net

Cool site...funny, every company that I looked up gave $$$ to the Republican National Convention...not to open up another can of worms, but was it a requirement for all companies?

--The tiny snowball has once again started rolling downhill, LOL

Those forte/naked bikes are sweet as hell. The sprint bars on the other hand...

i still don't know why he's rollin on dubs

The three founders ARE Jewish; he said they were "nasty people" - I'm questioning exactly what he meant by that comment... All clear now?

So wait, just because he said that the people who run the company, who happen to be Jewish, are nasty people, means he's an anti-semite? Maybe they really are nasty people, not because they're Jewish, but because they do nasty things (not that I know if they're nasty or not, just saying).

What if I said that Rush Limbaugh is nasty, does that make me anti-white-people? How about if I said that Jose Conseco is nasty, am I now anti-hispanic? I'm so sick of how casually people throw around the "anti-semite" accusation.

your mom donates to operation rescue.

you mom goes to college.

and he also makes some sweet custom frames. There are a few at my local velo.
http://www.fortebikes.com/custom.htm

He's on my list if I ever decide to go custom.

wait.. they say its custom.. isnt that track frame ye olde "Leader" p.o.s.? im failing to see why people think these are nice frames.. they look like huffys to me..

edit: .. ah .. upon digging deeper there are some nicer frames.. but i swear those first few track ones look exactly like the leaders

Cool site...funny, every company that I looked up gave $$$ to the Republican National Convention...not to open up another can of worms, but was it a requirement for all companies?


That's because the Democrats are too busy taking money from China.

I think if you look at the overall statistics, big buisness spreads it's money pretty evenly. As long as there is political favors to be bought, they don't care about the affiliation.

I have cited Snapple Facts in research papers.

Discovery Channel did something about the bicycle and all of its variants a few years back. Taped the hour show just can't find the tape now. Had the salt flat speed record stuff on it too.

Cool site...funny, every company that I looked up gave $$$ to the Republican National Convention...not to open up another can of worms, but was it a requirement for all companies?

Nope. For a sampling of those that did not, visit www.buyblue.com

So wait, just because he said that the people who run the company, who happen to be Jewish, are nasty people, means he's an anti-semite? Maybe they really are nasty people, not because they're Jewish, but because they do nasty things (not that I know if they're nasty or not, just saying).


It was kind of a joke. If you'd read the thread where (member I can't recall) played the anti-semite card after somebody used the word "meshuggah", you'd get me reference ;)

Nope. For a sampling of those that did not, visit www.buyblue.com


http://www.buyblue.org/ rather

the .com is some computer company

man, that kid in the elephant costume is pretty darn cute.

Snapple IS nasty (has more sugar than a can of coke) and is IS run by nasty people (Rush Limbaugh supporters etc.)

So there. Hey, did you hear about their new flavor? Neocon'cord grape!! LOL I crack me up!

and he also makes some sweet custom frames. There are a few at my local velo.
http://www.fortebikes.com/custom.htm

He's on my list if I ever decide to go custom.
http://www.fortebikes.com/images/gallery/sam24track.jpg
woah....

what the hell head tube angle is that?

fsnl
sparky

Looks like a stayer bike to me, esp. because of the gearing. Search stayer.

But that handlebar has no right to exist, let alone be seen on the net. :eek:

You also realize those are 24" wheels, right...

man, that kid in the elephant costume is pretty darn cute.


yeah its almost sickening the levels of cuteness reached by the baby elephant..

You sure ya'll don't want to make the trip over to Politics and Religion?

those flares and that chainring!? (http://www.canosoarus.com/08LSRbicycle/LSR%20Bike02.htm) this dude is looking for big trouble.

totally, trying to understand the tiny wheels though?!

http://www.canosoarus.com/08LSRbicycle/Bicycle%20Images/Doug%20138Bk.JPG