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« on: July 28, 2008, 08:01:46 PM »

Names on downtubes don't make or break my decisions.
Im pretty goddamn happy with this thing.
For the money, it can't be beat.

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Re: Le Frog
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2008, 06:22:01 PM »

Looks sharp !
used or new?
what kind of components? 
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Re: Le Frog
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2008, 06:54:43 PM »

Looks nice.
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Re: Le Frog
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2008, 08:49:57 PM »

New.
All Tiagra / 105 shifting, Truvativ bb / cranks.  dance!

I might splurge on some fancy brakes at some point.
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Re: Le Frog
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2008, 09:09:04 PM »

Names on downtubes don't make or break my decisions.
Im pretty goddamn happy with this thing.
For the money, it can't be beat.




Did you get it for free when you bought a pot/pan set, or did they give you a free pot/pan set? you're #1!
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Re: Le Frog
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2008, 10:17:03 AM »

Yeah, I got 69% off with the proof of purchase.
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Re: Le Frog
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2008, 11:45:37 AM »

I hate MIR's.
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« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2008, 12:01:16 PM »

I had to sign a 2 year contract  pleeease?
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Re: Le Frog
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2008, 11:51:57 PM »

i wonder if those are made in the same place as the redline conquest? i had one and it looks exactly the same. nice new bike!
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« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2008, 08:08:37 AM »

Its just a Kinesis frame, so its possible Redline sources their frames from them as well.
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Re: Le Frog
« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2008, 07:19:31 PM »

My fuji dude told me that every modern carbon bike is made in 3 factories in Tiawan. No matter where it may say it is made, assembled, painted, or concieved. If there is carbon in it, it's from one of the big 3.
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« Reply #11 on: August 11, 2008, 08:30:23 PM »

My fuji dude told me that every modern carbon bike is made in 3 factories in Tiawan. No matter where it may say it is made, assembled, painted, or concieved. If there is carbon in it, it's from one of the big 3.

Truf  -- - most everything in bike shops costs like $0.50 and comes from china/taiwan/uzbekistan/etc

With frames, the "Brand" tells the factory to tweak their frames ever soo slightly to make them look like they were uniquely designed and manufactured.  They'll do stuff like tell the factory to change the angle a little here, use an oval tube here, etc....., but for the most part, most frames are made by the same people..

I read that even the bikes that are "Made in Italy" or whatever even use frames from the same place.  They'll import a full carbon frame for $400, throw on some paint, stickers, and $900 worth of components and sell the bike for $4,000.  Since most of the "value markup" was added in Italy, they can say "Made in Italy" even though all they did was assemble and paint it.

You ever look closely at gloves, pumps, lights, etc...  same shit, different sticker.  That thing you paid $30 for only cost $1..

I've been trying to think of ways to get tons of cool shit for uber cheap.
http://www.made-in-china.com/showroom/flybikeforchina/product-detailoeYxphwTgLWI/China-Road-Racing-Carbon-Frame-FM004-.html
http://www.made-in-china.com/showroom/wfq001/product-list/catalog-1.html
http://www.globalsources.com/gsol/GeneralManager?search_what=1&action=GetPoint&action=DoFreeTextSearch&prodNo=40&sppNo=40&type=new&catalog_id=2000000003844&loc=t&article_search=off&point_search=on&product_search=on&point_id=3000000149681&query=vw&page=search%2FProductSearchResults&supplier_search=off&AGG=N
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Re: Le Frog
« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2008, 06:05:14 AM »

This is why I steal.
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Re: Le Frog
« Reply #13 on: August 12, 2008, 06:49:53 PM »

I read that even the bikes that are "Made in Italy" or whatever even use frames from the same place. 
They'll import a full carbon frame for $400, throw on some paint, stickers, and $900 worth of components and sell the bike for $4,000.
 Since most of the "value markup" was added in Italy, they can say "Made in Italy" even though all they did was assemble and paint it.

They quality control rep will remove "made in tiawan" stickers on high end models before they are shipped to regional distributors.
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Re: Le Frog
« Reply #14 on: August 12, 2008, 09:37:18 PM »

Its all the same shit, whether it says Trek or Fuji or Specialized or Ridley

the only exception are truely handbuilt frames, in which case its like anything built by a craftsman: a work of art and love.
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