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MONGO! 05-02-09 08:18 AM
Originally Posted by agarose2000 (Post 8838429)
I'm not a BD-lover by any means, but also not a hater.

I've been on the forums for at least 3 years now.

I have made MANY calls for legitimate references to unquestionably "shill" posts that BD has put up.

NOBODY has delivered. Somebody previously put up 5 links, and after reading thru them (they were quite entertaining, actually), it was obvious to me that on the 6th page of controversy on each post, the person was clearly not a shill - any "shill" would have ducked out long, long before that point.

I
I've seen it, straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak.

There's no doubt in my mind, the proof is irrefutable.

sced 05-02-09 09:24 AM
Originally Posted by MONGO! (Post 8840421)
I've seen it, straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak.

There's no doubt in my mind, the proof is irrefutable.
Other than Ravenmore's case, which you seem to have finally put to bed, do you know of others?

Ih8lucky13 05-02-09 09:26 AM
Originally Posted by sced (Post 8840653)
Other than Ravenmore's case, which you seem to have finally put to bed, do you know of others?
Give it a rest. You are obviously emtonally involved, and no amount of examples are going to convince you.

sced 05-02-09 09:31 AM
Originally Posted by bbattle (Post 8838798)
The head of BikesDirect is a member of Bike Forums and regularly posts in the SS/FG forum his ideas or prototypes for new SS/FG bikes. Answers all questions. Well received over there. Refuses to consider changing that 1995 inspired website. ;)
Isn't it a fact that SS/FG types are a lot dumber, more gullible, and less moral than road bikers?

sced 05-02-09 09:45 AM
Originally Posted by Ih8lucky13 (Post 8840660)
Give it a rest.
Get it all out there.

Ih8lucky13 05-02-09 09:49 AM
Well state what would it take to convince you.

It doesn't matter. You are obviously proud of your BD purchase.

kwrides 05-02-09 03:25 PM
Originally Posted by agarose2000 (Post 8840124)
Let's see em. Easy enough for others to decide rather than all this "name-calling" and "sticking your head in the sand business". I've already said that the OP's review was fair and legitimately critical this time - I'm not the one with the objective bias problem here.
Read the threads

kwrides 05-02-09 03:27 PM
Originally Posted by sced (Post 8840728)
Get it all out there.
Answer Rich's question

patentcad 05-02-09 03:30 PM
Originally Posted by MONGO! (Post 8840421)
There's no doubt in my mind, the proof is irrefutable.
I have an amazing, fantabulous, titanium, 22 lb (real weight) XTR equipped hard tail MTB from Bikes Direct hanging in my garage that only cost $2K. That is rather irrefutable proof. Actually, that is hard (hard tail to be accurate) physical evidence that I ride regularly.

Don't make me post the picture again. You know I will too.

patentcad 05-02-09 03:31 PM
Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 8842027)
Don't make me post the picture again. You know I will too.
Oh, F it.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...pgrdefront.jpg

patentcad 05-02-09 03:32 PM
************ has nothing on posting those Fly Ti pics for me.

MONGO! 05-02-09 03:34 PM
Originally Posted by sced (Post 8840653)
Other than Ravenmore's case, which you seem to have finally put to bed, do you know of others?
That's the only concrete case I've seen but coupled with the enormous number of suspicious posts, that's all the proof I need.

Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 8842027)
I have an amazing, fantabulous, titanium, 22 lb (real weight) XTR equipped hard tail MTB from Bikes Direct hanging in my garage that only cost $2K. That is rather irrefutable proof. Actually, that is hard (hard tail to be accurate) physical evidence that I ride regularly.

Don't make me post the picture again. You know I will too.

Not knocking the bikes, I knew about this when I ordered my BD bike, at the end of the day it was the best deal in town and I had 0 complaints.

IK_biker 05-02-09 04:56 PM
No matter what the original purpose of this thread was, it has certainly achieved one thing:
Added publicity for BD.

Everyone who has read Dr. Goebbels' diary, or has any understanding of politics, knows well that it does not matter if the publicity is commendable or disparaging - it's always good for the patron.
Thus, BD have again received a good measure of advertising for free.

Cheers!

kayakdiver 05-02-09 05:42 PM
Ask the makers of hydroxycut how that's working for them at the moment.........

wile e. coyote 05-02-09 08:46 PM
never mind the bikeisland.com flash advert to the right. probably that adds some publicity for BD. some funding for the site too...
imo best deals at bd are on the good wheelset/crappy frame combos.
the bike/car price analogy is okay, except that bikes are marked up waaaay more than cars. I'm talking kilograms of material and number of parts here, not to mention development and testing.

for anything over two grand, i better be getting something special. Non-oxide bearings, custom fit saddle, maybe throw in decent bottle cages instead of $0.05 & $0.10-ing me.

not that I'll ever drop that kind of cash...

for 370 usd the target forge looks perfect for a first purchase, but that's another thread.

ILUVUK 05-02-09 11:00 PM
Bikesdirect.com


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