An unusual car ad.

"Simon Mason" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Whilst out and about last night I came across this unusual car advert. Not
sure what the pony-tailed red-braced crowd wanted to convey in the

message.

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Maybe the power and freedom of the cyclist which has bizarre car alloy
wheels on? If people take it to the logical conclusion, they'll end up
selling more bikes then cars though!

http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zford.htm

Selling lifestyle, without the err lifestyle.

--
Mike W

Simon Mason said:

Not
sure what the pony-tailed red-braced crowd wanted to convey in the message.

Nope, I don't get it. Not at all.

d.

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Whilst out and about last night I came across this unusual car advert. Not
sure what the pony-tailed red-braced crowd wanted to convey in the message.

A few days ago they had ISTR a half-page ad in the Grauniad, pretending
to be a story about reducing obesity by being more active. Yeah, I
thought, buy a car. That'll do it.

--
Mark, UK
"There are some things only intellectuals are crazy enough to believe."

Ever seen an invisible frameset before? How do you know you've seen it?

More details please [weight, sizes, stockists, TT legal?], and get that dang
car out of the way......

"Simon Mason" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Whilst out and about last night I came across this unusual car advert. Not
sure what the pony-tailed red-braced crowd wanted to convey in the
message. Maybe the power and freedom of the cyclist which has bizarre car
alloy wheels on? If people take it to the logical conclusion, they'll end
up selling more bikes then cars though!

http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zford.htm

--
Simon Mason
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

"DaveG" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Ever seen an invisible frameset before? How do you know you've seen it?

More details please [weight, sizes, stockists, TT legal?], and get that

dang

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car out of the way......

Yes - I'll buy the bike, but I'll want to change the wheels. Forget the

car.

Dave Lloyd
So open minded, my brains dribbled out.

Simon Mason said:

Whilst out and about last night I came across this unusual car advert. Not
sure what the pony-tailed red-braced crowd wanted to convey in the message.
Maybe the power and freedom of the cyclist which has bizarre car alloy
wheels on? If people take it to the logical conclusion, they'll end up
selling more bikes then cars though!

Presumably it means you can stick your children's £60 supermarket
bikes on the back and drive 5 miles to your nearest sustainable
transport off road trail.

DaveG said:

"Simon Mason" <[email hidden]> wrote

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http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zford.htm

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Ever seen an invisible frameset before? How do you know you've seen it?

More details please [weight, sizes, stockists, TT legal?], and get that dang
car out of the way......

Must be a tester getting a tow off passing traffic being driven by
invisible drivers :-)
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

Simon Mason said:

Whilst out and about last night I came across this unusual car advert. Not
sure what the pony-tailed red-braced crowd wanted to convey in the message.
Maybe the power and freedom of the cyclist which has bizarre car alloy
wheels on? If people take it to the logical conclusion, they'll end up
selling more bikes then cars though!

http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zford.htm

The rider is a vampire (no shadow). The bike frame is vampire 531 with a
mirror finish.

--

JimP

"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas.
I'm frightened of the old ones." - John Cage

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Simon Mason said:

Whilst out and about last night I came across this unusual car advert. Not
sure what the pony-tailed red-braced crowd wanted to convey in the message.
Maybe the power and freedom of the cyclist which has bizarre car alloy
wheels on? If people take it to the logical conclusion, they'll end up
selling more bikes then cars though!

Very nice looking car though.

--
Mark
_______________________________________
Nerves of Steel, Heart of Gold, Knob of Butter

Simon Mason said:

Whilst out and about last night I came across this unusual car advert. Not
sure what the pony-tailed red-braced crowd wanted to convey in the message.
Maybe the power and freedom of the cyclist which has bizarre car alloy
wheels on? If people take it to the logical conclusion, they'll end up
selling more bikes then cars though!

http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zford.htm

That frame's made out of those fancy new metamaterials
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5016068.stm

--
Tony

"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using
his intelligence; he is just using his memory."
- Leonardo da Vinci

Mark (MSA) said:

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Simon Mason said:

Whilst out and about last night I came across this unusual car
advert. Not sure what the pony-tailed red-braced crowd wanted to
convey in the message. Maybe the power and freedom of the cyclist
which has bizarre car alloy wheels on? If people take it to the
logical conclusion, they'll end up selling more bikes then cars though!

Very nice looking car though.

Uh-oh! I may be a vampire. I seem to be invisible when quoted!

--

JimP

"One shouldn't go to the woods looking for something, but rather to see
what is there"
- John Cage

Ambrose Nankivell said:

Simon Mason said:

Whilst out and about last night I came across this unusual car advert. Not
sure what the pony-tailed red-braced crowd wanted to convey in the message.
Maybe the power and freedom of the cyclist which has bizarre car alloy
wheels on? If people take it to the logical conclusion, they'll end up
selling more bikes then cars though!

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Presumably it means you can stick your children's ?60 supermarket
bikes on the back and drive 5 miles to your nearest sustainable
transport off road trail.

In the summer I'll sometimes cycle out of the city to somewhere nice
like a beach or open woodland where I can have a picnic. I often find
when I get there that a lot of people have driven there with their
bikes on the back of their cars, and are now changing from their
special car driving clothes into their special bicycling clothes in
order to ride their expensive off-road bikes which are not very well
suited to road riding. Somehow exercise has become compartmentalised
as a special activity done in special places which you need special
kit for.

Reminds of a local hill I often climb. Just at the foot is a large
gymnasium with big landscape windows. Inside I can see people sweating
away in rows on treadmills while looking at an interesting view of a
street with lots of vehicles driving past. Towering behind the
gymnasium is a large craggy hill. You don't even have to pay to go up
it, and the view is a great improvement over what you get from the gym
windows.

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Chris Malcolm [email hidden] +44 (0)131 651 3445 DoD #205
IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
[http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]

Chris Malcolm said:

In the summer I'll sometimes cycle out of the city to somewhere nice
like a beach or open woodland where I can have a picnic. I often find
when I get there that a lot of people have driven there with their
bikes on the back of their cars, and are now changing from their
special car driving clothes into their special bicycling clothes in
order to ride their expensive off-road bikes which are not very well
suited to road riding. Somehow exercise has become compartmentalised
as a special activity done in special places which you need special
kit for.

Just be pleased they are out enjoying their bikes. Not everyone wants to
ride on the roads like you. I know people who can't understand why I
would want to cycle instead of walking around knocking a small white
ball about with a club and I reciprocate. Chacun à son goût.

--
Tony

"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using
his intelligence; he is just using his memory."
- Leonardo da Vinci