An Uncomfortable Truth About Cycling
04-12-14, 07:10 PM
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Yes, the cycling industry is terrible. No question. There is no reason why components are so expensive, it can't possible cost that much to manufacture to justify the prices. Their profit margin has to be insane.
There is no reason why carbon frames are so expensive when they are mass produced with molds.
There is no reason to not accomodate riders of all shapes. All it takes is to create one mold and you can make as many large frames as you want at lost cost.
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There is no reason why carbon frames are so expensive when they are mass produced with molds.
There is no reason to not accomodate riders of all shapes. All it takes is to create one mold and you can make as many large frames as you want at lost cost.
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The man is just ripping us off!
04-12-14, 07:33 PM
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04-12-14, 08:34 PM
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I'm 5'11". I ride a size 56 bike and take Medium clothes. It's glorious.
04-12-14, 08:37 PM
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04-12-14, 08:56 PM
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04-13-14, 06:19 AM
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04-13-14, 08:42 PM
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I used to date a woman who was 5'2" but all the males in her family were absurdly tall. The shortest male was 6'7" and the next shortest was 6"9". They were all very uncomfortable in everything they did because nothing was scaled to fit them, ever. They just kind of accepted it as a reality of life but the occasional "freak out" did happen. So, I suspect the OP is having some sort of "I'm uncomfortable all of the time" freak out.
Those guys made me realize how great it is just to be me.
Those guys made me realize how great it is just to be me.
04-13-14, 08:48 PM
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04-13-14, 08:52 PM
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There's never any really large sizes left. They go first, to all the fat guys.
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04-14-14, 07:38 AM
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The OP has a valid point. Why don't the large manufacturers make 66cm frames? Dopers! I see it so clearly now.
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I think Taylor Phinney lost an inch since that was posted
02-05-15, 08:27 PM
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02-05-15, 08:38 PM
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If you statistics/math merit badge boy scouts don't understand the conspiracy behind how the doping pusher twerps, who had bikes made for them because they happened to be 6' tall, oppressed our altitudinous brethren by refusing to accommodate their vertically-unchallenged and giraffuous statures in a fragmented market, you don't deserve to be living in your happy, middle-of-the-bell-curve, politically-incorrect, non-prescription pants – and have justly earned an indeterminate amount of continued verbal flogging until death by run-on sentences of self-righteous jibber-jabber.
02-05-15, 09:15 PM
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I'm 6'6" and ride a 64cm Emonda... check that out. The frame (S and SL models... not the SLR) is pretty reasonably priced too.
02-05-15, 09:51 PM
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That at really doesn't explain the phenomena, once you look at the number of styles and types of mass produced bikes, in the fragmented market. Until you you can explain to me why there are literally hundreds of styles in s,m,l,and even xl, yet not one line in XXL, can you get a statistics/math merit badge.
02-05-15, 09:55 PM
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I just read this whole bunch of crap to find the post that brought it back from the dead. What did I find? It was brought back by someone who DIDN'T read the rest and repeated the post about Taylor Phinney. Perhaps I should say, taylor phinney. Lame!
02-05-15, 10:30 PM
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Well, I read the whole thing too – and am embarrassed to admit I didn't once look at the dates before posting my nonsense. Humiliating...
02-05-15, 10:58 PM
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Dredging-up a dead thread? Not so bad.
The OP's logic (or lack thereof): Priceless!
The OP's logic (or lack thereof): Priceless!
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