This morning while watching the news I saw a new (to me) commercial for T.Rowe Price, featuring a group of roadies (wearing blue) passing a lone rider (wearing red). Most likely it was to symbolize the performance of T.Rowe Price over the competitor. But any way has anyone noticed a trend of advertising featuring bikes??
Ken -- The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community. ~Ann Strong
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This morning while watching the news I saw a new (to me) commercial for T.Rowe Price, featuring a group of roadies (wearing blue) passing a lone rider (wearing red). Most likely it was to symbolize the performance of T.Rowe Price over the competitor. But any way has anyone noticed a trend of advertising featuring bikes??
I always get a kick out of SUV commercials that show the drivers taking their MTBs out to the woods.
I have noticed a lot of other ads with bikes, at least on the few occasions that I watch TV per week. I still cringe at the Men's Wearhouse ad where a suit steps off a curb and gets nailed by a bike (who seems to be WWC, now that I think about it). We must be the new fashion ornament.
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In article <[email hidden]>, ken@up-yours- spammer.net says...
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This morning while watching the news I saw a new (to me) commercial for T.Rowe Price, featuring a group of roadies (wearing blue) passing a lone rider (wearing red). Most likely it was to symbolize the performance of T.Rowe Price over the competitor. But any way has anyone noticed a trend of advertising featuring bikes??
I always get a kick out of SUV commercials that show the drivers taking their MTBs out to the woods.
Yeah I laugh at those too, because you know that about 90% of them never get driven off road.
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I have noticed a lot of other ads with bikes, at least on the few occasions that I watch TV per week. I still cringe at the Men's Wearhouse ad where a suit steps off a curb and gets nailed by a bike (who seems to be WWC, now that I think about it). We must be the new fashion ornament.
Maybe mainstream America is moving towards accepting bikes more? Probably not.
Ken -- The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community. ~Ann Strong
This morning while watching the news I saw a new (to me) commercial for T.Rowe Price, featuring a group of roadies (wearing blue) passing a lone rider (wearing red). Most likely it was to symbolize the performance of T.Rowe Price over the competitor. But any way has anyone noticed a trend of advertising featuring bikes??
Yes, the trend is as follows: 99.999% of advertising depicts bicycles as insignificant. Everything else is probably just a reflection of your own interest in bikes. Feel free to ask non-bicyclists about what ads they remember to get a better idea of what is grabbing the attention of normal people.
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This morning while watching the news I saw a new (to me) commercial for T.Rowe Price, featuring a group of roadies (wearing blue) passing a lone rider (wearing red). Most likely it was to symbolize the performance of T.Rowe Price over the competitor. But any way has anyone noticed a trend of advertising featuring bikes??
Yes, the trend is as follows: 99.999% of advertising depicts bicycles as insignificant. Everything else is probably just a reflection of your own interest in bikes. Feel free to ask non-bicyclists about what ads they remember to get a better idea of what is grabbing the attention of normal people.
I wonder if this is true. If it is why are so many ads featuring bikes? Many ads show bikes. Not so many as prominently as the one I mentioned but many have bikes in the background.
Ken -- The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community. ~Ann Strong
This morning while watching the news I saw a new (to me) commercial for T.Rowe Price, featuring a group of roadies (wearing blue) passing a lone rider (wearing red). Most likely it was to symbolize the performance of T.Rowe Price over the competitor. But any way has anyone noticed a trend of advertising featuring bikes??
Yes, the trend is as follows: 99.999% of advertising depicts bicycles as insignificant. Everything else is probably just a reflection of your own interest in bikes. Feel free to ask non-bicyclists about what ads they remember to get a better idea of what is grabbing the attention of normal people.
I wonder if this is true. If it is why are so many ads featuring bikes? Many ads show bikes. Not so many as prominently as the one I mentioned but many have bikes in the background.
No, they don't. It is a trivial experiment to pick a random hour of television on a random channel and count the number of ads, the number with bikes, and the number featuring bikes. Excluding ones that are specifically *for* bike shops, it'll probably work out to something like 40/1/0. Just because you notice the occasional ad featuring Lance Armstrong more than the hundreds of car ads in between doesn't mean bikes are becoming trendy.
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In article <[email hidden]>, "Ken C. M." <[email hidden]> wrote:
> This morning while watching the news I saw a new (to me) commercial for > T.Rowe Price, featuring a group of roadies (wearing blue) passing a lone > rider (wearing red). Most likely it was to symbolize the performance of > T.Rowe Price over the competitor. But any way has anyone noticed a trend > of advertising featuring bikes?? Yes, the trend is as follows: 99.999% of advertising depicts bicycles as insignificant. Everything else is probably just a reflection of your own interest in bikes. Feel free to ask non-bicyclists about what ads they remember to get a better idea of what is grabbing the attention of normal people.
I wonder if this is true. If it is why are so many ads featuring bikes? Many ads show bikes. Not so many as prominently as the one I mentioned but many have bikes in the background.
No, they don't. It is a trivial experiment to pick a random hour of television on a random channel and count the number of ads, the number with bikes, and the number featuring bikes. Excluding ones that are specifically *for* bike shops, it'll probably work out to something like 40/1/0. Just because you notice the occasional ad featuring Lance Armstrong more than the hundreds of car ads in between doesn't mean bikes are becoming trendy.
Well perhaps you are right. But I notice a lot of ads that show bicycles riding by in the background or parked in the background. Sure as a bike person I probably notice them more than a non-bike person, but they are there regardless.
Ken -- The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community. ~Ann Strong
No, they don't. It is a trivial experiment to pick a random hour of television on a random channel and count the number of ads, the number with bikes, and the number featuring bikes. Excluding ones that are specifically *for* bike shops, it'll probably work out to something like 40/1/0. Just because you notice the occasional ad featuring Lance Armstrong more than the hundreds of car ads in between doesn't mean bikes are becoming trendy.
They are if the data a 5 years ago was 40/0/0..........
Chris Neary [email hidden]
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No, they don't. It is a trivial experiment to pick a random hour of television on a random channel and count the number of ads, the number with bikes, and the number featuring bikes. Excluding ones that are specifically *for* bike shops, it'll probably work out to something like 40/1/0. Just because you notice the occasional ad featuring Lance Armstrong more than the hundreds of car ads in between doesn't mean bikes are becoming trendy.
Where do you live that you have ads for bike shops on TV??
