thebikechain – Member

Play nice Ran.

He will 'get you' at Eurobike.

mark, i always play nice…..unlike others. The bike industry in this country is very small and generally friendly. Maybe Neil should take note of that

I miss you Ran!! :love:

Surely the chap from SSC can't really be this dumb. Staggering.

*waves at Ran*

hullo

Where's my 2pure jersey? I'm a top racer you know.

Not saying that I condone any of the stuff that Neil/Fruit/Tangobravo is accused of doing, but he's not the first brand owner to have a pop at another brand and he probably won't be the last.

Brant's the master of all publicity being good publicity so I'm sure he will be able to put a positive spin on all this.

tangobravo – Member
if you want a better one then get the more expensive one, you cant really compair a £60 budget version with a £250 GD.

Superstar emailed me the instructions and its easy to service.

And i love the way now anyone called neil is immediately hounded as fruit. lol typical forum lack of accuracy and evidence. Hand + Palm = fail

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jonb – Member
Neil's last name isn't Forrow. He's stopped posting on here as far as I know unless he's being very quiet and using an alias.

Stealthly or what!!!! He certainly is using an alias jonb!!!

True that Mr Ran.

LOL@debaser.

Brilliant pic

Come on Fruit/TangoBravo/Neil

your comments are eagerly anticipated*

*by me, formerly a happy customer and advocate of SSC.

Do you think he emails himself because of lack of friends??

tangobravo – Member
Chatting to Neil from Superstar at SITS they are doing lockons in a few weeks time for £7.99. Same as the outland and imperial ones but cheaper and a choice of colours.

He said he would email me pictures of his samples, hoping the pattern will be xtra grippy. Im waiting till then to see

I am also a happy customer but if GingerB is Neil that'll status will change.

Can I just say that I am for sale on this topic. Who ever pays me the most I'll bat for their competitors 🙄

All we need now is a link between Superstar and Dave Hinde to finish this thing off nicely.

I was thinking about buying some Nano peddles but after this I don't think I will. I was a happy SSC customer but as TB hasnt confirmed or denied that he is or isnt fruit I am turning into a slightly annoyed ex customer.

Now where do I get cheap brake pads?

http://www.discobrakes.com/

hora – Member

Can I just say that I am for sale on this topic. Who ever pays me the most I'll bat for their competitors

lol

but as TB hasn't confirmed or denied that he is or isnt fruit

I think the proof is fairly conclusive. It'll stand up in court.

Brant's the master of all publicity being good publicity so I'm sure he will be able to put a positive spin on all this

Mr B doesn't need to put in personal apperances now his army of catamite fanboyz is so well established……….

Thanks for that hilldodger

*must try to resist googling words I don't recognise at work

I'm not going to cmment on his possible marketing techiques but every dealing with neil I have had are positive, i've found him polite and reasonable on the phone this incudes the way he dealt with a bad set of pads and a free LH crank arm he sent me 2 weeks ago because the spliines had worn on mine well outside of the warranty. I really find it odd that people seem to have experiences that are so different!?

D0NK – Member
Thanks for that hilldodger

*must try to avoid googling words I don't recognise at work

You didn't google image it did you? 😯 I've just reverted to a paper dictionary to find out what that means. Well bugger me etc…

mike-at-dialledbikes:

Not saying that I condone any of the stuff that Neil/Fruit/Tangobravo is accused of doing, but he's not the first brand owner to have a pop at another brand and he probably won't be the last.

Agree with that point Mike. The idea that underhand tactics have never occurred within the business world seems naive at best.

TangoBravo/Fruit/etc just seems to have been very bad at it 😉

rewind :-0

from that review it seems that the seatpost isnt actually broken, its just crap 🙂

Not fit for purpose?

Not as advertised?

i dunno – i was interested…not anymore! 🙂

Damn mee too – just looked up catamite – damn – doh doh doh doh

Yes, I am a happy and repeat customer of Superstar components. I have had no issues or even wear and tear problems.

One day I hope Superstar produce frames of their own.

Mr B doesn't need to put in personal apperances now his army of catamite fanboyz is so well established……….

That is possibly the post of the year.

the seatpost isnt actually broken, its just crap

Cheap version of inordinately expensive pointless thing not very good shock. 😉

I'm tempted to buy a SSC ceramic BB just so I can become a fully fledged member of the SSC knocking club.

I've got a rock so fitting it is no problem 😈

But is it an approved rock as listed in the invisible manual?

It'll always happen but as a customer you don't have to accept it and can take your money elsewhere.

Just like I did way way back in the mid 90s when the guy in one boutique LBS slagged off every brand that they didn't sell when I was looking for a new bike. I made a point of not buying anything expensive there and haven't done since.

Of course, at least he was 'honest' about his slagging off in that it was clear that he was trying to sell his own products. Pretending to be a customer/not directly related to a business and then praising your product or slating others is just plain dishonest.

BigDummy – Member

the seatpost isnt actually broken, its just crap

Cheap version of inordinately expensive pointless thing not very good shock.

Understood – but theres a bit of a difference between bad implementation of a concept, and something like the use of bad materials in a design

From that review, it sounds like you could make that seatpost from very expensive materials – ti, carbon, high quality seals and the like – and it would still be a bit of a faff to use due to the inherent design – e.g. its a pain in the arse to drop on the fly 🙂

can someone change their name to Brantscatamitefanboyz and post something wildly inappropraite ?
I dont want to risk the ban but dont mind encouraging others

Now that is funny.

EDIT – The T shirt I meant, although the other thing is funny too, but I wouldn't want it printed across my back.

tempting

Oh and can someone point me in the direction of origins of the octopus stuff, I must have missed some quality threads somewhere along the line

although the other thing is funny too, but I wouldn't want it printed across my back.

I fully expect Brant to have a design ready by tomorrow 🙂

"Get your SSC thread commemorative Tshirts here!"

I use the brake pads, they're pretty good:) Nano pedals are ok too – No I'm not fruit!

I'd like to be reminded about the octopron thing too – sort of do but not fully

Octoporn appeared at th height of the Mlehworld / Fruit flame wars. I don't think there is any rational explanation just instead of slagging fruit people took to posting octoporn in answer to anything he posted