What is up with the Cervelo Test Team?
02-22-09, 08:25 AM
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Now look phardy, don't think anyone's taking you seriously, but the BF Entertainment Quotient of a thread this stupid cannot be overstated. You are a valuable contributor to this place.
02-22-09, 08:28 AM
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Why didn't you just PM PCad a pubescent insult instead of assaulting
a large percentage of BF with this imbecilely criminal abuse of bytage ?
a large percentage of BF with this imbecilely criminal abuse of bytage ?
02-22-09, 08:28 AM
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Pharding's on my ignore list. I have no patience for irrationality.
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02-22-09, 08:31 AM
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We have ignore lists here?
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02-22-09, 08:32 AM
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02-22-09, 08:32 AM
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Yes. Click on a user's name, then select "View Public Profile".
On the profile page, under the username, click "User Lists" then "Add to Ignore List".
You won't have to deal with the dribble anymore.
On the profile page, under the username, click "User Lists" then "Add to Ignore List".
You won't have to deal with the dribble anymore.
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02-22-09, 08:34 AM
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Here's the thing with the Ignore feature. Members that piss you off and drive you crazy are like bloody car wrecks on the highway. The instant you put them on Ignore you wonder what they're saying about you. You don't want to look, but you can't look away.
It's a problem.
It's a problem.
02-22-09, 08:34 AM
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02-22-09, 08:35 AM
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Only if you lack self control. Like the pinheads who populate the list.
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02-22-09, 08:36 AM
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I can't help but recall Rock Racing's joke of a show during the Solvang time trial. No support for Rodriguez when he flatted, and a mechanic who seemed completely indifferent to Tyler's mechanical. Tyler fixed his own bike (which, btw, had an improperly adjusted set screw) before the mechanic even got the spare down from the roof rack.
Rock Racing is a joke.
Rock Racing is a joke.
02-22-09, 08:36 AM
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02-22-09, 08:37 AM
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Also, Sastre is pretty sick.
Pharding sees the universe in a single data point.
Pharding sees the universe in a single data point.
02-22-09, 08:38 AM
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Hamilton I can understand, but there wasn't even a team car following Rodriguez.
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02-22-09, 08:38 AM
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That pretty much sums it up.
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02-22-09, 08:38 AM
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02-22-09, 08:39 AM
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02-22-09, 08:40 AM
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I also see what Pharding posts (whether desired or not) via other uses quoting him/her. The "ignore" list doesn't filter quoted material.
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02-22-09, 08:40 AM
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Intelligence is over rated, and somewhat out of place on BF.
Phardy, you do fit right in here.
Phardy, you do fit right in here.
02-22-09, 08:45 AM
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shimano
zipp
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3T
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castelli
since this is their setup.
does the OP actually ride a bike?
02-22-09, 08:47 AM
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Now look phardo, it should become apparent to you that every time you post one of your silly diatribes (which do seem to have a disturbing anti-Cervelo slant) you get flamed, slammed and roasted by all of BF. At some point you might reconsider your world view and understand that:
A) Cervelo makes some of the best world class racing bikes on the planet.
B) 99% of everyone that owns one absolutely loves the bike.
C) Ditto for the bicycle press that reviews the bikes.
D) A good bicycle is fun to ride and can give you a slight edge, but it's the rider that wins the race.
E) Once you get over three grand, none of this stuff really sucks.
The most amusing aspect of all this is that you really seem to harbor the Fred Illusion that this new bike you're threatening to buy with a tiny portion of your boundless wealth will make faster (if it does it will make slightly faster for short stretches, but that advantage really diminishes below amateur bike racing speeds, so it may do little for you).
I'm not a Cervelo shill. I bought my new bike from the LBS at retail after looking at offerings from Scott, Cervelo, Cannondale, Giant. I've been riding these high end bikes for over two decades. This new bike is the best racing bike I've ever ridden. Oh, there's a shock, it's a state of the art UCI pro racing rig. There are a dozen others that would fit the same bill.
Sweet Dura Achee will you just STFU and buy a new bike already.
A) Cervelo makes some of the best world class racing bikes on the planet.
B) 99% of everyone that owns one absolutely loves the bike.
C) Ditto for the bicycle press that reviews the bikes.
D) A good bicycle is fun to ride and can give you a slight edge, but it's the rider that wins the race.
E) Once you get over three grand, none of this stuff really sucks.
The most amusing aspect of all this is that you really seem to harbor the Fred Illusion that this new bike you're threatening to buy with a tiny portion of your boundless wealth will make faster (if it does it will make slightly faster for short stretches, but that advantage really diminishes below amateur bike racing speeds, so it may do little for you).
I'm not a Cervelo shill. I bought my new bike from the LBS at retail after looking at offerings from Scott, Cervelo, Cannondale, Giant. I've been riding these high end bikes for over two decades. This new bike is the best racing bike I've ever ridden. Oh, there's a shock, it's a state of the art UCI pro racing rig. There are a dozen others that would fit the same bill.
Sweet Dura Achee will you just STFU and buy a new bike already.
02-22-09, 08:51 AM
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Bear in mind that should this unlikely even ever occur, we will forgive you all your pinhead posts, embrace your OCP Moment, and share your Bike Schwag Epiphany and Joy.
But you do sound far too neurotic to embrace your Inner Fred and buy a cool new bike.
But you do sound far too neurotic to embrace your Inner Fred and buy a cool new bike.
02-22-09, 08:52 AM
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02-22-09, 08:59 AM
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As usual when someone posts a legitimate question about Cervelo, Pcad resorts to name calling and personal insults. That is certainly one way to defend a mediocre performance by Cervelo. Lowly Rock Racing riding lowly Kestrels is doing better than the Cervelo Test Team riding Cervelos. That speaks volumes about Cervelo. As guardian of the Cervelo myth on this web site Pcad takes his job way too seriously.
I don't like calling anyone an idiot. But, you have a lot to learn about racing. Maybe it's a question about how the team is performing.... but trying to make it about the bike is freaking joke. Also, who is saying Cerveo Test team is doing bad? They got a stage win didn't they? How many other teams can say that? Also, honestly, a lot of the team(s) really don't give a crap about this race. It's so early in the year that no one (except Levi) was really gunning for it. It's too early to try and be on top form this time of year.
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