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Old 06-03-10, 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Banzai
Aside from the long hours and low profit margins...

I'm selling a fork on e-bay right now (it's a C'dale Ultra fork, for a road bike...this makes it road cycling related) and a potential buyer just asked me to go measure the steerer in inches for him.

The cut steerer length in millimeters is already in the listing.

After a got over my incredulity at
the inability to use a popular search engine or do basic math, I thought about unloading that incredulity and then forbidding the individual from buying the fork.

I just don't have enough patience with people to run a bike shop.
Or use a ruler that they probably have in their house...
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