Wheelbarrow Forum?
09-30-09, 07:18 PM
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Wheelbarrow Forum?
On many of my business trips to Europe and Asia, during downtime I search for an LBS which I'm certain must exist given the popularity of local cycling. Last week in Dalian China I asked a local buddy where I can find one and he blessed me with some Confuscian wisdom. "Look he says, here in China we don't think of bicycles as status symbol excercise devices, they're a basic tool for transportation. Would you use a wheelbarrow for excercise and install carbon fiber components?"
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09-30-09, 07:56 PM
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He sounds like a commie spokesman looking down on the imperialist decadent American pastime.
Or he just didn't know where a bike shop was.
Or he just didn't know where a bike shop was.
09-30-09, 08:50 PM
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So did he mean they sell them at other stores, not bike stores, or what?
I've read that in India, there's like a bike shop on every corner.
I've read that in India, there's like a bike shop on every corner.
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09-30-09, 09:01 PM
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On many of my business trips to Europe and Asia, during downtime I search for an LBS which I'm certain must exist given the popularity of local cycling. Last week in Dalian China I asked a local buddy where I can find one and he blessed me with some Confuscian wisdom. "Look he says, here in China we don't think of bicycles as status symbol excercise devices, they're a basic tool for transportation. Would you use a wheelbarrow for excercise and install carbon fiber components?"
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09-30-09, 11:07 PM
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Carbon rims could happen if they're that much more aero than the kludgy oem nonsense that wheelbarrows come with.
09-30-09, 11:11 PM
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I find it hard to believe that nobody in China rides a carbon fiber road bike. He just didn't know where a recreational bike shop was. Maybe they have some for transportation bikes and others for racing bikes, but I'm sure they exist.
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10-01-09, 09:45 AM
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I just want a carbon fiber wheelbarrow now.
