GoLefty!!

Looks like Specialized picked a bigger fight than they thought

They already received a nasty letter to that effect and told that race organiser to fob off.

they do see $$$$

U'd think that the government would see the economic benefit of making SA cycle friendly. There's already a heavy demand for fossil fuels to the extent that we import the shortfall. The demand is so skewed due to the love of groot trokke vir die rokke that theres little left to make bitumen to build roads, so SANRAL imports that too...! Lower the demand for fossil fuels and you start to limit the exposure to importing fossil fuels. Use the available energy wisely and we can smelt iron ores and make higher grade steels and build an aluminium smelter. 1 Million people on bikes is not an impossible dream and thats 1 million cars only being used on the weekends

saw my old house in tat clip

In 2007 PPA looked into a campaign called "Fragile". It never got off the ground because the cycling community just wasn't ready to acknowledge that each member is Fragile. I can see that the day is fast approaching that that campaign will gain legs again. Nothing makes the fragility of life more clear than constant reinforcement of that message. I for one think wearing a "fragile" sign on my cycling shirt is a strong appeal for motorists to behave like responsible members of the human race

beautiful should be aired on national tv especially as we are heading into the holiday season

Fact is Jack Daniels Old No 7 is a long established trademark. People have often tried to associate themselves with it through use of the font, Lets take one of their brands as an example i.e. Tennesse Honey. Its a registered trade mark but does that prevent anyone else selling Tennessee Honey corn pudding? Clarly not since there are plenty of Tennessee Honey corn pudding recipes on the web and one can buy it at any supermarket in Tenessee... I could understand if Specialised took exception to someone naming their shop Specialized Bike Shop with a logo that has similar SS styled esses (funny how the big S litigation behaviour is akin to the behaviour of a certain WWII Nazi Germany specialist group.....) but taking on a small single bike shop for the use of the name "Roubaix" is absurd for all the reasons given in the "ridingagainstthegrain blogspot article. I hope the bike shop owner goes to court and wins.

I'm not buying into that at all. As has been shown in other posts the "Roubaix" name is widely used in the cycling industry. No other manufacturer has taken on a competitor or other industry player in the same manner because they have applied reasonable or justifiable cause. Specialised appears to just be targeting someone without doing that. Claiming that they need to protect the trademark is rubbish since it has been in widespread use long before they adopted it for a bike

LBS has the option to stop selling the their product. You either stand up to a tyrant or you live with it and don't complain

I believe Specialised lost their case

That should not stand up in a court of law. The name Roubaix is not a proprietary name since it existed long before the bike company came into being. This is Specialised after something else. Like maybe the property the Cafe Roubaix is situated in so they can open one of those gharstly concept stores

They stole it. They were given the design to use in a frame design and then patented it. They sued former employees for starting a bike company. They have sued any company for coming up with designs that even remotely resembles a horse link (name intentionally change to avoid patent infringement)

How can Roubaix be a trademark? Perhaps only in North America. The name Rouboaix has existed long before Specialised started selling bikes through Target and Walmart

They also stole the Horst link then patented it and now defend it for all they're worth.

Thanks to SH*t like this I will NEVER buy any Specialized products. I guess Epic Bike Shop would be their next target. Heaven help anyone who can spell Specialised correctly.. **** bike anyway Over hyped corporate trinket

The only issue with your thinking is that the motorist will likely have witnesses that state he/she was driving like a saint. Taxi passengers will lie for fear of intimidation by the drivers and their fare collectors. Don't get me started on those arseholes who drive Fortuners and can't seem, to see anything darn that thing must have the worst visbility through the glass....

SO you mean "Hold your stripe" and "Slower riders keep left" have no effect??? Who would have thunk it

I had a VanNicolas planned that was very similar. But the factory wasvery hesitant to build it and I eventually dropped the order and bought a LOOK 585 Optimum instead. Nice to see that Mercer bikes is a little more flexible in what they are willing to try

y...a......w......n........

Hmmmm Japanese surgical instruments

Lol there was a stop in Diep River, Cape Town jsut outside the Steurhof train station. General Grocer K.Aklekker and son

of course they won't raise awareness around poor driving. they need to sell petrol after all

better where your helmut for this one

Motorcycle brakes and motor vehicle brakes generate a lot more heat so the water will typically evaporate off before it is absorbed into the fluid. With MTB's there is more opportunity for water ingress and the sealing of MTB brakes pistons is not as good as on cars and Mbikes. V12, perhaps in JHB the water absorption through atmosphere is not an issue but tests I conducted while Alrode lab was still open proved otherwise. Once opened, even with the seal in place the container breathes sufficiently to reduce the reflex boiling point, especially in the coastal areas. Buy small containers, use what you needs and dispose of via the appropriate channel. Take it to Rose Foundation.