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Old 03-06-09 | 01:53 PM
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This could be Zipp's new snake oil pitch!
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Old 03-06-09 | 04:06 PM
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I'm on the 29th floor of my office building. I swear I just saw a dude flying by on a Lemond. Some people just don't listen. If he keeps pedaling, he'll leave the atmosphere in the next 5 minutes.
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Old 03-06-09 | 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by drdhsimon
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...Category=98084


From the posting----> This bike weighs only 15 pounds and will increase your speed up the mountains. Every 1 pound you drop at 90 rpm saves you 90 pounds that you have to push up hill every minute. Imagine how much faster you can climb!

Forget losing the 10 pounds I need to lose....I can lose 90 just by buying this bike!!!
I'd put a 34 tooth cassette on it so my RPM's would be higher. That way I would actually save more weight than the rest of you.
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Old 03-06-09 | 04:25 PM
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How would the seller know anything about climbing? They're in Florida!
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Old 03-06-09 | 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by grahny
How would the seller know anything about climbing? They're in Florida!
Even worse - Miami....highest elevation: up a curb.
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Old 03-06-09 | 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by JTGraphics
No feedback at all on a first time sale on something like this is hard to be leave, and I'd be really worried on bidding on it, hope its real and not a scam.
I like to use one of my bogus E-bay bidder accounts and bid bogus sales to 20,000, ensuring I am the high bidder.

it is more effective than using E-bays scam report system.

Used it a couple times when the same guy had about 20 Madones and a bunch of other brand new high dollar bikes listed for sale, all ending at the same time, for ridiculously low prices.
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