Originally Posted by patentcad

FREDIOACTIVE

That's my new Fred term du jour. That's what happens when a company takes a perfectly good race bike, like the Cannondale Six13, and they dumb it down for the Freds. You know, world class race bike, let's make it more Fred-friendly so the Freds can reach the friggin handlebars. Cervelo did it with the R3 when they made the RS. It renders those models untouchable for any self respecting (or Self Loathing) Road Nazi.

Discuss.

Originally Posted by patentcad

OK, let's think this through for a moment. If you are happy with your purchase everybody would appear to be very happy. The customer. The LBS. The manufacturer. The industry. God. The Sisters of the Holy Order of Dura Achee. Mr. Zipp. Uncle Pcad. botto. RW. Everybody except for the collection of staggering idiots here that like to bash one bicycle brand or another. I mean, really, what could be possibly more stupid than that?