Professional Cycling For the Fans - Team "The Shack" ?

It looks like radioshack is doing a major rebranding, and will be changing their name to "The Shack."

http://www.radioshack.com/theshack/

http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/radio-shack-rebranding-to-the-shack/

To be honest, I thought they closed years ago. No advertising in at least a decade that I remember.

It looks like radioshack is doing a major rebranding, and will be changing their name to "The Shack."

http://www.radioshack.com/theshack/

http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/radio-shack-rebranding-to-the-shack/

that's a bold move that reminds me of when the now-bankrupt washington mutual changed their name to WAMU :thumb:.

ed rader

Radio Shack's name modification . . . hmmm . . . . S O S . Same ol' *****.

Bummer . . . I was looking forward to calling the the Rat Shack boys "Team Rat":lol:

Now we need to find new names . . .

Team Shack? . . . bland
Team Lance Shack? . . . nah
Team Lance . . . I suppose he'd like that

There's not much wiggle room with "The Shack" . . . . as the team will likely be "The Shack" or "Team Shack" , unless they happen to get another sponsor in the title "Shack Trek" or whatever. Regardless . . Shack is not a catchy name.

Shaq

Maybe Shaq is a big investor?

Maybe their team cars will be Chryslers as big as a whale.

http://www.totalprosports.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lance-armstrong-and-shaq-300x186.jpg

I'll be disappointed if this guy's not on the team...
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd51/chihawk19/Hockey%20Cards/PC/Autographs/2006-07%20Parkhurst/114_Eddie_Shack.jpg
Clear the track!

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/4618/41377856.jpg

In other news, the B-52's just announced a major re-branding of the song 'Love Shack', to now be known as 'Shack'. Tin Roof, Rusted.

In other news, the B-52's just announced a major re-branding of the song 'Love Shack', to now be known as 'Shack'. Tin Roof, Rusted.

See post 7, speedster. ;)

Well, rebranding themselves from "Circuit City", to "The City" helped those guys...oh wait...:(

Make me think of fried chicken.

Hmmm, "The Shack, home of Lance's Fried Chicken and Batteries" sounds like a good marketing strategy.

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/4618/41377856.jpg


Im sorry but this is soooooooooo hillarious looool!

maybe i'm the only one who remembers the commercials from a couple of years ago with howie long
and TERI HATCHER!!! it would be nice if she could grace the jersey, be official team spokesperson,
lead soigneur...:p

Well, rebranding themselves from "Circuit City", to "The City" helped those guys...oh wait...:(

As RadioShack have pretty much become a downscale wannabe Circuit City it fits. (Tried to buy a few resistors a while ago, nada)

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/4618/41377856.jpg

So, will Trek make a size 73 Madone for him?

So, will Trek make a size 73 Madone for him?

Nah. They'll just retrofit Walton's track bike.

http://www.bobkestrut.com/images/walton.jpg

Take LeBron's Cannondale http://dreamleague.org/img/20061220_lebron-hook.jpg

Radio Shack, huh? Does this mean Team Shack will be riding bikes that were purchased by civilians at an LBS somewhere, returned, resold a few more times, returned again, and finally issued to the team all beat-up and scratched?

The riders will of course be required to provide their home phone number before they can pickup their new (to them) bikes. And they'll also automatically receive a magazine subscription.

I swear every single thing I ever bought at a RS was a return/repack. Ugh I dislike even walking into their stores.

As RadioShack have pretty much become a downscale wannabe Circuit City it fits. (Tried to buy a few resistors a while ago, nada)

It's a fricken travesty. Radio Shack was so cool back in the 70's when you could still go in and get electronics kits and individual components. I used to get some kind of electronics hobby kit every christmas when I was a kid. These days it's all idiot boxes for idiots.

http://www.totalprosports.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lance-armstrong-and-shaq-300x186.jpg

"Hey Alberto- Tell me how my *** taste!"

I hate to be the killjoy, but in the second link it states that Radio Shack will maintain the corporate name and "The Shack" will be the face lift on the retail end. Since the company hasn't changed names, I doubt the team will either.

Good. Because the thought of Ligget going "Here comes Armstrong and the rest of the Shack" is hilarious.

http://photos.thefirstpost.co.uk/features/2005/07/images/061206sheikh.jpg

Good. Because the thought of Ligget going "Here comes Armstrong and the rest of the Shack" is hilarious.

http://photos.thefirstpost.co.uk/features/2005/07/images/061206sheikh.jpg

Why do you have a picture of Eric Cantona in a head dress?

Why do you have a picture of Eric Cantona in a head dress?

That ain't Cantona. That's the Sheikh.

That ain't Cantona. That's the Sheikh.

???

...Radio Shack was so cool back in the 70's...

Yes, I sure miss that and back then sales staff knew their stuff per electronics. Nowdays walking into RS, it seems they know very little per technical info...and sometimes can't seem to locate a non-idiot box item (that RS carries/stocks) in their own store at times. I usually find it before they do.

Yes, I sure miss that and back then sales staff knew their stuff per electronics. Nowdays walking into RS, it seems they know very little per technical info...and sometimes can't seem to locate a non-idiot box item (that RS carries/stocks) in their own store at times. I usually find it before they do.

Radio Shack: "You've Got Questions. We've Got Blank Stares!"

???

The Sheikh, dude, The Shack.

The Sheikh, dude, The Shack.

I gotcha now. I am the 420 doper, it might take me a bit longer. I still think the dude looks like Cantona anyways.

I gotcha now. I am the 420 doper, it might take me a bit longer. I still think the dude looks like Cantona anyways.

Well come to think of it, he does look a bit like Cantona.

It's a fricken travesty. Radio Shack was so cool back in the 70's when you could still go in and get electronics kits and individual components. I used to get some kind of electronics hobby kit every christmas when I was a kid. These days it's all idiot boxes for idiots.

And in those days they still had a pretty small selection compared to Lafayette Radio.

Radio Shack: "You've Got Questions. We've Got Blank Stares!"

:thumb::roflmao2:

Either that or their staff asks irrelevent questions when they don't know what components you are asking about. Their component inventory is a fraction of the old days.

Nah. They'll just retrofit Walton's track bike.

http://www.bobkestrut.com/images/walton.jpg

What size frame is Walton using?

In a year maybe they'll call it the Schleck Shack ...

well, we got ourselves a convoy. Do C-B radios exist anymore?

My understanding is that to fully tie-in with Livestrong, this will be the TRS-80 uniform.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=171123

Found this to be an interesting read after hearing of Team Radio Shack for 2010. Wonder if this will change anything at all?

http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/topstocks/?fpn=radioshack%20tunes%20to%20a%20new%20image

Week late news. Merging with the existing thread

that's a bold move that reminds me of when the now-bankrupt washington mutual changed their name to wamu :thumb:.

Ed rader

lol

Or like KFC, which totally shed it's redneckishness image by dropping the word "Kentucky". Or, was it because they don't really serve chicken??? We will never know.

We ordered Pizza last night and the box now says "The Hut"...apparently this is in.

We ordered Pizza last night and the box now says "The Hut"...apparently this is in.

In other news, General Motors will be rebranding its self as "Motors",
and the White House has announced it will now be known as "The House".:twitchy:

I sure hope "The Lance" is OK with this talk of rebranding The Team.

Astana - The Tana
Saxo Bank - The Sax
Bbox - Da Box
Silence Lotto - The Slotto
Garmin - The Gar
Columbia HTC - ???

Why not Team Radio?

http://ruthlessreviews.com/pics4/radio2.jpg

I sure hope "The Lance" is OK with this talk of rebranding The Team.

I'm sure the money is still The Green.

Why not Team Radio?

http://ruthlessreviews.com/pics4/radio2.jpg
^:roflmao2::roflmao2: