Off-Topic for 09/10/2009 – 02:10

by schmalz

Welcome to the Tue, 09/10/2009 – 02:10 edition of Off Topic! You are looking at the next step in the evolution of VCN, the Off-Topic page. Have you ever been frustrated because you had a burning desire to call someone a sandbagger and could only hope to be timely by posting your comment to a photo gallery page or on a page describing a charity ride?

Well, your prayers have been answered! You can post your comment from the home page and it magically comes to rest here with the other orphans from the land of Misfit Comments. The page gets refreshed every day, but not to worry! Each day’s page will be archived and treasured, so you can look back on past pages with pride, shame or disgust-depending on how the day’s conversation went. So post away! We’ve got an internet to fill up.

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schmalz

Comment of the day, September 9, 2009:

NYC Velo knows plenty about
By: Napoleonic Era
Wed, 09/09/2009 – 9:37am
NYC Velo knows plenty about racers’ needs. The guy who owns the shop races, as do most of the mechanics there. I have no allegiance to them and LBS’s are not charities, you can shop wherever you want. But going to a shop in a high-rent neighborhood, buying some stuff and getting service done without confirming the price of the parts until afterward, then going online and anonymously criticizing the shop in an effort to damage its reputation? That’s stupid.

Bike racers in this town have a ridiculous sense of entitlement. You can’t throw a brick without hitting a cat 4 who feels that his “sponsors” should provide him with free kit and heavily subsidized equipment in exchange for the vast marketing opportunity that he provides by pedaling his fat ass around Central Park at 6 am and then posting pictures of himself on Facebook. Bike shops are also now expected to cater to this superior class, who are willing to pay $300 for handlebars but whine about the markup on small parts or the insufficiently deferential attitude of the guys they pay to glue tires on their $2,500 wheels.

Fat Ass Cat 4

I resemble and resent that remark, given I live and die by this website and your approval…
I think Fat Ass Cat 4s like me sustain your sandbox teabagger lifestyle…
Thats why NYC Velo loves me, because I will pay for shit I dont need to perform better, even if I complain, did they go out of their way to say, and the price will be??? List the Specials of the Day, with the prices before I decide, even if I dont ask for the prices ahead of time…
Signature Cycles, and other “great” shops will do that, just double whatever and stare you down to challenge you to say no, and I love them for it…If you dont have the confidence to overcharge me, how good can you really be???
If I wanted Mickie D’s, I would go to Toga or Metro!

If this makes any sense, its because its all non-sense!!! And you are the Ringleader, even if I am an iDot/Assclown/FatAssCat4…

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