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    The RST460 gave me wood, just sayin'. Would perv over it every time I saw it in my Mountain Bike Action magazines, all of which I still got from the mid 90's.
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    A whole bunch of old 26'ers will suddenly start looking very cool again...
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    What this fork does for me...
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    Yup. Also had a bit of a WTF moment? Next thing we'll see David George pop up on result lists.
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    Looks like the thinner lower bottom legs is making a return after a decade, ala Marzocchi XC100 style. http://ep1.pinkbike.org/p5pb9350488/p5pb9350488.jpg
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    As a weight weenie... so much want. Orange though...
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    That's the only way companies like Oakley can stay in the pound seats. Thats by constantly trying to convince people that their new product will be SO much better than the previous. Sure, all the Pros will wear these in races this year. They are told what to wear, and paid to wear. These glasses won't do anything for you that a old school pair of M-Frames can't. Hey you, man on the street, buy this here 650B bike, its the bomb and so much better than 29ers. "Nah... not really into cycling." Hey you, mountain biker dude, buy this here 650B bike, its the bomb and so much better than 29ers. "Shut up and take my money!!"
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    Seems this you can believe... Spoken about back in January already... http://www.oakleyforum.com/threads/oakley-ev-zero.54646/
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    Hideous. Oakley Zero anyone?
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    How do I know as a potential buyer that every Specialized adheres to the same standard as the tested frame? Same logic applies.
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    Specialist Stumphumper?
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    100% agree than branding something that it isn't isn't on, don't condone it in the very least. My point is that a Chinarello, branded to match an original product or left blank, will get you to the finishline in 99.9999% the same time. And I've owned "legit" Meridas, Cannondales, Specializeds and Treks (and they still hang in my man cave today).
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    Different strokes. My crappy Chinarello has been through numerous Trans Baviaans's, Trans Karoo's, plenty other races and a few wins. One or two crashes as well. Not a hint of a problem. If you end up being faster than me, it won't have anything to do with the bike, or that my $500 frame weighs 50g more than your $2000 frame.
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    Did the "expensive" and "cheap" framed bikes have exactly the same parts on? Same wheels, same stem and bars? Cheap wheels probably flex more than more expensive wheels, bars and stem the same. If not, then what you "felt" was probably nothing more than a bit of this... http://www.bibalex.org/psc/Attachment/Attachment/Original//bigstock_Close-up_of_some_pills_with_o_20890136-300x254.jpg_2014032609035573559.jpg
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    You can find anything you want really. Specialized http://img.alibaba.com/wsphoto/v0/519494511/Specialized-S-WORKS-TARMAC-SL3-FRAMESET-white-52-54-56cm-2011.jpg Giant http://g02.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB14cSkJVXXXXbZXXXXq6xXFXXXe/2013-font-b-GIANT-b-font-TCR-Composite-font-b-Carbon-b-font-Frame-Set-700C.jpg Pinarello MCipollini http://g02.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1XqCzIFXXXXcfXXXXq6xXFXXX0/Top-sale-carbon-road-bike-frame-Mcipollini-RB-1000-1k-weave-racing-bike-bicycle-frameset-size.jpg De Rosa http://g01.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1lTPdHVXXXXbeXXXXq6xXFXXXN/New-product-De-rosa-carbon-frame-road-bicycle-de-rosa-888-superking-frames-carbon-road-bike.jpg Ridley http://g01.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1_PNNJVXXXXcXXVXXq6xXFXXXP/221222745/HTB1_PNNJVXXXXcXXVXXq6xXFXXXP.jpg?size=107671&height=640&width=960&hash=05221d9cee62d5537e817ec370dc90c9 Look http://g03.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1bnQVLVXXXXXDXpXXq6xXFXXXp/227344600/HTB1bnQVLVXXXXXDXpXXq6xXFXXXp.jpg?size=121015&height=675&width=900&hash=871485ac8a402f7a92a93e14258ea247 Time http://g04.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1QCHwGFXXXXcIXpXXq6xXFXXXP/222124106/HTB1QCHwGFXXXXcIXpXXq6xXFXXXP.jpg?size=92302&height=666&width=1000&hash=bcdf7e87866fdf4edf7aac656e36a86f Cervelo http://g01.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1N7UuLVXXXXa8XpXXq6xXFXXX2/220762092/HTB1N7UuLVXXXXa8XpXXq6xXFXXX2.jpg?size=67960&height=600&width=600&hash=ede50f70bd6ff0d41520155faac821f6 Even though I don't agree with branding these frames like the "real" thing, I can promise you any one of these would get you to the finish line of the Argus in exactly the same time as the "real" thing.
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    This. Often the Chinese would use one "grade" carbon lower than the original product, ie Toray T700 vs T800 carbon, to get it to the same strength but it would then maybe be 50g or so heavier. Said it once and I'll say it again, Chinarellos for me from here on in. I won't buy a Speciarized from China, but "blanks", any day.
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    "Perform no-where near the same as the original product" Pro riders are given bikes straight from the manufacturers, they get to ride the real thing. The rest of us, there is ABSOLUTELY no way for an amateur cyclist, if blindfolded, to tell the difference between a Spez Tarmac and a Chinese Tarmack is maybe 50g, the difference in the Toray carbon used. Joe Soap won't know the difference.
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    Nothing to do with safety, and getting pretty tired of big business trying to convince people of it. Even Chinese frames have to adhere to standards: CEN Tests EN14781 Standards JAPAN JIS Standards None of the Chinarellos I've owned, that my wife have owned, or my friends, or the carbon wheels, seatpost or bars, have ever failed or hinted at failing. Its all about protecting the Randellas.
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    MTBing in general has become to commercialized. When I started racing in 1994-1995 and doing the national circuit I'd go to nationals with either my chromoly steel XC bike or a 2.5" travel full suspension bike that I won in a lucky draw. I'd never have enough money to have both bikes in a ridable condition at the same time. So I'd either be a XC rider or a DH depending which bike had wheels on. And I won SA medals in both disciplines. My DH bike had a retrofitted suspension fork from a DT50 motorbike. It weighed more than the rest of the bike. I agree with the the OP though, my folks had to work their asses off to get me a bike that could be raced, a 1994 Kona Hahanna with zero suspension for the first few years. Steel. I had to beg to get a suspension fork, a sucky Marzocchi Zokes with more front/back play than up/down travel. Like the OP says, these days kids entering the sport rock up with RS1 forks and full carbon rigs. Just doesn't seem right. Let them ride a medium-crappy bike for a year or two and then if you see the bug has bitten then get them something better. Half these nippers and sub juniors on their XX1 rigs will probably quit the sport by the time they get 20, flying too high, or too much pressure from mom and dad.
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    Well, there is a carbon crankset in there as well...
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    Lots of fluff, and not a single claim of actual weight.
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    In the first year(s) of the Cape Epic, I believe they started in Knysna those years, There was a different overnight spot every night, you raced from Point A to B, sleep. B to C, sleep, C to D, sleep, etc. So what's that, 7 race villages? And if I remember correctly the 2004 entry fee was just over R10k? This year... A to A B to B B to B B to C C to C C to D D to D D to E E to A Less race villages, yet the entry fee has increased roughly 600% ? And that is WITH big name sponsors probably paying premium to hang their banner on the fence as well? I wouldn't enter this race, ever, even if someone else pays. Purely out of respect for the other person's money.
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    R67k. Are you kidding me?
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