Alex321
Veteran
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- South Wales
I don't think they were anti-vaxxers as such, just (wrongly) didn't feel they personally needed vaccination.
They weren't opposed in principle to the vaccines, or to others having them.
Insanely expensive bikes
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They weren't opposed in principle to the vaccines, or to others having them.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
A bit like me and DI2
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
To be fair, £$99 is a bit steep for a new brake block
According to France 24 News they had not taken it.
I have been trying to get one from TDF but no luck. More a trophy for the home, mounted. The bikes are lovely.i‘ve opened a rehoming centre for abused carbon,
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all 3 came home in bags and boxes with a story to tell, one was an insurance right off, one a failed diy build project and the other was just a bargain. I’m luckily that i don’t mind taking a punt on a bike and then putting in some work to get them right, all of mine are worth more now than I paid for them as all the parts except the wheels were second hand.
i also use and lightly abuse them, they definitely don‘t get treated with kid gloves although I do service them well. The middle bike was on a 3hr wet ride last Friday, I’m not precious about them at all and am more than happy for my children to use them when we go out on family rides.
PS don’t tell anyone in my cycling club as they all think I’m a dentist with “loadsa money” and not a serial carbon rehoming sales engineer
Thats a beautI’ll happily leave myself open to ridicule for what I choose to ride. I couldn’t be happier with my bike and for the mental well-being it provides me it’s actually cost effective. Cycling is a strange hobby, in that, those that buy ‘insanely expensive bikes’ are often seen as ‘more money than sense’ - whilst it’s true in my case (not because I have money but rather because I lack sense
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Smokin Joe
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- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
They do understand it, but it doesn't bother them. My fridge has the makers name on the front as does my TV.And what some don't understand is when they buy a fashion item, generally clothes with the brand name in large letters on them, the maker is getting free advertising which the customer is by default, subsidising - !
I've never felt the desire to take them off, and to me a bike without a brand name on the tube looks a bit plain and boring.
Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
I read that they had the first jab and it had caused their heads to swell up and disfigure. It was in the Star, so is clearly true and beyond reproach or challenge.
i wonder how many non brand items the poster has in his house??? i'm guessing, not many.......i wonder if he knows he subsidising their advertising lol
T4tomo
Legendary Member
agree. I think my best bike has its brand name on in 17 different places. The irony is you can tell exactly what brand it is from the colour
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Ah, another one with a Barbie bike.The irony is you can tell exactly what brand it is from the colour
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I’ve got one from 2012, Bernie Eisel’s old Team Sky bike. It’s hanging on my Sons bedroom wall
roadrash
cycle chatterer
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- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
Alex321
Veteran
- Location
- South Wales
There is a big difference between something sitting in your house with a (usually) small maker's name visible, and walking around in public with it in large letters across your chest or back.
None of my household tech or appliances have the manufacturer name in large enough lettering to really classify as "advertising" IMO, with the possible exception of my lathe, which has distinctive Axminster colouring and quite a large Axminster Craft logo on the side.
