Re: Curious product lineups, Litespeed division

On May 8, 11:49 am, John Everett
<jevere...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Thu, 8 May 2008 08:23:19 -0700 (PDT), landotter
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> <landot...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >On May 8, 8:51 am, Colin Campbell <cmca...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> >> > So a lucky friend just acquired a Litespeed Archon, which led me to
> >> > check out the current lineup.
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> >> > This high-end Ti builder offers eight road frames.
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> >> >http://litespeed.com/2008/home.aspx#
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> >> > Eight?
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> >> > Okay, I get the Good One, the Stupid-Light One, the Cyclocross One,
The
> >> > Century Ride One, and the One for Girls.
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> >> > Can anyone explain the other three frames? I gather one is, more or
> >> > less, The Cheap One, but a newsgroup No-Prize is offered to anyone
who
> >> > can explain the Ardennes and the Siena.
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> >> > Can anyone find a similar excess of frame designs from another
maker?
> >> > Note that the same frame under two different names (as sometimes
happens
> >> > to bikes with the same frame but different component specs) doesn't
> >> > count.
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> >> The lineup is full of sloping top tubes.  I hate 'em!
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> >Surely there is counseling in your locality for obsessive compulsives.
> >Form follows function.
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> Form follows cost accounting. It's cheaper to manufacture frames in
> Large, Medium, Small

Walmart bikes come in one size. Stop.
Quality compact and semi-compact road bikes come in usually six sizes.
Stop.

So you're a lying zealot. Congrats.