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- From: tthiel@cs.uiuc.edu (Terry Thiel)
- Subject: Re: LX DX XT XTR Confusion
- Message-ID: <C19J7H.3n5@cs.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
- References: <1jjg2eINNpre@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1jnd7fINNkan@fido.asd.sgi.com> <C18GsM.E8B@cs.uiuc.edu> <ILH.93Jan22101223@chicago.lcs.mit.edu>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:02:05 GMT
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- ilh@lcs.mit.edu (Lee Hetherington) writes:
- >I'm really getting tired of your "DX is better than LX because its not
- >painted and because that's what Bridgestone puts on my bicycle"
- >attitude. The other day you stated how '92 LX sucks (unqualified).
- >I'm sorry, but I have '92 LX on my bicycle because that's all I could
- >afford and I bought it in '92. I think its ridiculuous that you're
- >running around bashing the equipment of others, and, quite frankly,
- >I'm offended. Maybe many of us can't afford better than LX. Maybe
- >you think the price difference between DX and LX is worth it. Maybe
- >others think the price difference between XTR and XT and DX is worth
-
- Grow up! You obviously didn't read my posts. I did not say that LX
- sucks. I said there are some things I don't like about the group.
- I've also criticized Bridgestone as well as supported them. As far as
- price difference the DX bike I bought is the same price as alot of LX
- bikes so it's not a matter of who has the most money
-
- >you're always the first to defend/worship them. (And, because you own
- >DX, it has the ultimate price/performance tradeoff.) You'll be happy
- >to know that my wife bought a Bridgestone this fall. But, alas, it
- >only has an Exage drivetrain. According to you, Bridgestone doesn't
- >put junk on their bicycles. According to you LX sucks. If
- > Exage < LX <<<<<<< DX
- >than what in the world is Bridgestone doing even messing with anything
- >less than DX.
-
- What I have said is that in the smae price range Bridgestone generally
- has better components on their bikes than other manufacturers.
- Get a grip.
- -Terry
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- -Terry
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