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Old 06-04-17 | 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by mrrabbit
Worse is when they dig up old dead and buried standards such as 27.5 or certain flavors of 650x and institute the zombie apocalypse
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And don't get me started on dead and buried "gimmicks" . . .

. . . usually brought back to life by "Joe Smith" who thinks he's smart BUT even the industry is guilty of it . . .
In pharmaceutical research, most ideas for new drugs fail. Biology is complex, and the body fights back against a lot of therapies. That doesn't stop the partisan true believer from trying to resurrect his failed therapeutic compound idea at every chance he gets. My friend Joe (Exec Director at a top firm) once answered a question I asked:
"Joe, do you have a hard time killing compounds?"
"Nope. No problem killing 'em. I do, however, have a hard time keeping them dead".

So it is with some bad bike ideas.
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