My former boss once had a customer who decided not to buy a Schwinn (or whatever) because he was "gonna get one of them German bikes... a Firenze." Let's see, a Taiwan bike with an Italian name and you mistake it for German AND then you mistake this particular atrocity for a good bike even though it is a total POS. Funny. While there may be too many Germans in Florence, I think this town is still in Italy. Horrid bikes, in any case. There were zillions in Madison, WI that came from crazy TV Lenny (American Appliance). At Budget Bicycle Center, we refused to work on them, even though we would service Huffy's, Murray's, and anything else. And to think, the Firenzes were the ones with the lugs (classic content)... Tom Dalton Bethlehem, PA NortonMarg@aol.com wrote:In a message dated 10/28/02 6:45:53 AM Pacific Standard Time, bill_bryant@prodigy.net writes:
<< Actually, I was trying to illustrate the concept of a "complete failure",
>>
The most complete failure I recall was the
"Top-of-the-hill-DalyCity-free-when-you-buy-a-stereo-FIRENZE!" The freewheels
would blow up when you were riding up a hill and freewheel in the forward
direction. No bike shop would "tune them up". I think they qualified as the
bottom of the dung heap.
Stevan Thomas
Alameda, CA
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