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Old 08-25-2016, 02:29 PM
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Busted Lightweights. The Saddest Sight in the World
Customer of ours has two broken Lightweights...damaged in shipping a while back.

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Old 08-25-2016, 02:42 PM
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My heart bleeds...
Hardly the saddest sight in the world though is it
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Old 08-25-2016, 02:54 PM
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first world problems...
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Old 08-25-2016, 02:55 PM
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That stinks!

Hopefully it all gets taken care of and your buddy is rolling on some replacement hoops soon!
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Old 08-25-2016, 02:58 PM
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Old... and in the way.
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Old 08-25-2016, 02:59 PM
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Well, yes.
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Old 08-25-2016, 03:14 PM
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I always find the 'forgot the bikes on the car rack' shots heartbreaking....

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Old 08-25-2016, 03:45 PM
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If he can afford two, he can afford two more. But I would tell your customer that he should move up to Dura Ace wheels.
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Old 08-25-2016, 04:36 PM
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There;s a lot of other brands in the market, even campagnolo or fulcrum have shimano compatible wheels in full carbon.

And yes, if the dude paid 2 sets of those already sure money is not a problem at all.
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Old 08-25-2016, 06:14 PM
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What does the fact that he could afford them in the first place matter? They were damaged in shipping. Who wouldn't be pissed off at that? And maybe it took him a long time to save for them. I would be incredibly bummed.
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Old 08-25-2016, 06:16 PM
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Yeah, $$ is still money. Airline destroyed them on the way to nationals a while back. Got a few hundred dollars out of the airline.
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Old 08-25-2016, 06:34 PM
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first world problems...
. . . are still problems. Somebody is out real $$$ here. This may not be not on a par with being stuck in Darfur, but it's still a real problem the causes someone actual, legitimate grief, unlike, say, Kim Cardasian (misspelling intentional) complaining about the latest attention-whore selfies making her butt look big, either.
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Old 08-25-2016, 10:04 PM
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Kim Kardashian rides Lightweights? That butt alone is over the weight limit.
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Old 08-25-2016, 10:05 PM
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I will go pour the last of my high strength epoxy on the curb in respect for that loss.
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Old 08-26-2016, 11:47 PM
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Kim Kardashian rides Lightweights? That butt alone is over the weight limit.
Only intellectual lightweights.
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