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teawoman
07-31-2007, 08:21 PM
http://ideal1984.blogspot.com/2007/05/more-t-mobile-alliance-details.html

Limited Edition Giant TCR Alliance T-Mobile Replica.


I tried it at a local LBS today for the fun of it. It didn't really fit my secret-version-of-skinny-self-racing. These are the only specs I could find: the Giant website for Canada doesn't list any. I don't know why they'd be that super secret. I could find lists in Chinese and Italian. :confused:

Wouldn't you have your own team name on a bike if you were on a team and living in a fantasy if you weren't? I don't think I'd want to live my delusions of grandeur all that publicly ;).

Is there a market for these things? Apparently they made 50 of them in Canada. Do ppl ride 'em or just collect 'em?
smilingcat
07-31-2007, 09:05 PM
YEEEE....KKKK!!!!

OMG. this is just tad much. I know there are tons and tons of poser guys who want to wear the CSC, Astana, Postie now discovery jersey and so on. But a bike???

yeahhh. if you on a good team with sponsorship of sort, you can get a discount and if you are really REALLY good, you can get a freebie bike with your team name on it.

Then again. I don't want to pop the bubble for some wanna be poser and I'll just mind my own business

smilingcat
7rider
08-01-2007, 04:47 AM
I dunno.
How is that any different from the Trek Madone 5.9 SL (http://www2.trekbikes.com/bikes/bike.php?bikeid=1476000&f=1)with "Discovery Channel" plastered all over it??
I know someone who has a bike (oops - forget the brand) with a Gerolsteiner tag on it.
Personally, I would not get a bike with advertising for anyone other than the bike brand on it....but some people like to flash the team colors.
Different strokes....
Tri Girl
08-01-2007, 05:12 AM
It's a cool looking bike- and if you don't hate T-Mobile- might not be too bad. But I thought they were going to stop sponsoring- that might make it "soooo yesterday" pretty quickly.
I dunno- it's a pretty bike nonetheless.
VeloVT
08-01-2007, 05:41 AM
Wonder if you could remove the T-Mobile decals? Sometimes you can. Then it would just be a pretty black and white Giant.
teawoman
08-01-2007, 06:42 AM
Wonder if you could remove the T-Mobile decals? Sometimes you can. Then it would just be a pretty black and white Giant.

With better components than the reg TCR alliance. :D

I CONFESS! I'm considering it because the componentry is good for the price it's at at my local lbs. But the t-mobile bit is holding me back....I don't wanna look ludicrous and cheesy (which I think the T-mobile bit is). And why not get better componentry at a good price?
Zen
08-01-2007, 06:58 AM
The T-Mobile isn't as noticeable as a team kit. I saw a guy wearing a US Postal team kit the other day:eek:
It does have decent components and says Ultegra upgrade is available.
BleeckerSt_Girl
08-01-2007, 07:06 AM
Just my own thing- but I really dislike huge logos of any kind on either my clothes or my bike. I wish all logos would be no more than 1 or 2" big. :cool:

I spend a lot of time carefully removing loud logos from stuff i buy.
Pedal Wench
08-01-2007, 07:10 AM
I was lucky. I have two of the old Cannondale R1000's with the women's T-Mobile paint jobs. Black with hot pink flames, but nowhere does it say 'T-Mobile'. Now, it DOES say Cannondale in about 10 places...
limewave
08-01-2007, 07:17 AM
I think its cool! I would never think you were a poseur. People wear clothes all the time with their favorite team emblems plastered on 'em for basketball, baseball, hockey--you name it. Why should it be any different for cycling? Go for it! And don't don't apologize for it!
teawoman
08-01-2007, 07:25 AM
I had to be told what t-mobile even was. :p
IFjane
08-01-2007, 07:25 AM
The T-Mobile isn't as noticeable as a team kit. I saw a guy wearing a US Postal team kit the other day:eek:
It does have decent components and says Ultegra upgrade is available.

One of the guys in our cycling group has an old Postal Service kit, along with a bunch of other pro-team jerseys. He loves wearing that stuff. Go figure....
Lifesgreat
08-01-2007, 08:35 AM
I would get one of those team bikes if I could choose a rider to come with it :eek: :p
7rider
08-01-2007, 09:08 AM
One of the guys in our cycling group has an old Postal Service kit, along with a bunch of other pro-team jerseys. He loves wearing that stuff. Go figure....

Yeah...but can he ride like he means it?? ;)

DH pondered getting a Jittery Joe's jersey at the CSC Invitational recently. I was surprised, b/c he usually wears only Bike Place jerseys. I think he just liked that it was a coffee product, and he's a bit of a caffeine junky! Unfortunately (?) - they didn't take plastic, and we had no cash. So...no jersey, and DH will continue to fly the flag only for our LBS.
Starfish
08-01-2007, 09:16 AM
I don't wanna look ludicrous and cheesy (which I think the T-mobile bit is). And why not get better componentry at a good price?

OK, I admit this is easier for me to write than to do... ;)

BUT...if the bike is a great deal, and you want it, go for it! If anyone thinks you look ludicrous or cheesy, and actually gives you a bad time about that, then they have much bigger issues than you do! Walk tall and do what you want!
IFjane
08-01-2007, 09:16 AM
Yeah...but can he ride like he means it?? ;)

DH pondered getting a Jittery Joe's jersey at the CSC Invitational recently. I was surprised, b/c he usually wears only Bike Place jerseys. I think he just liked that it was a coffee product, and he's a bit of a caffeine junky! Unfortunately (?) - they didn't take plastic, and we had no cash. So...no jersey, and DH will continue to fly the flag only for our LBS.

Uh.....no he can't ride like he means it. :rolleyes:


Y'know...that jersey can be had online :eek: Peet's also has a jersey if DH is into coffees.
ehirsch83
08-01-2007, 12:19 PM
If you like the bike, go for it. I used to have this frame http://archive.giant-bicycles.com/us/030.000.000/030.000.006.asp?year=2004&model=10953
and I loved it. I wish I still had it(UPS lost it), but I didn't care that it said t-mobile on it. I actually had some really cool comments on it, because you don't see many of them around, it is a unique bike.

If you like the bike, go for it! Don't let what others say about the logo change what you like the feel of. Right now, it is important to get the best bike for your money that you feel good on.
PinkBike
08-01-2007, 06:23 PM
oh, teawoman, not cheesy at all! i see giants in pink t-mobile regalia, and plenty of discovery bikes and even uspostal bikes. there's a specialized at my lbs right now with gerolsteiner colors/decals. i dont know if they have a quickstep, that would be cool. anyway, go for it. everything's cheesy to somebody, but just as many will like it as not. i like it, others hate it. we're a big ol' diverse world! dont pass it up!
ehirsch83
08-01-2007, 07:47 PM
oh, teawoman, not cheesy at all! i see giants in pink t-mobile regalia, and plenty of discovery bikes and even uspostal bikes. there's a specialized at my lbs right now with gerolsteiner colors/decals. i dont know if they have a quickstep, that would be cool. anyway, go for it. everything's cheesy to somebody, but just as many will like it as not. i like it, others hate it. we're a big ol' diverse world! dont pass it up!


I have seen the gerolsteiner, the ex fiance's store(he works at his LBS) had one.
And along those lines, last weekend at the crits there was a guy with a liquigas bike.
And I second seeing the pink t-mobile bikes, so why not be different and get the white?
CycleChic06
08-01-2007, 08:09 PM
I know this guy who rides the Discovery Channel emblazoned Trek. He's such a jerk (independent of the bike he rides), he's so awful I can't even begin to tell you. This was the conversation we had about his bike when he was trying to impress me:

Him: "Oh, I ride too, a Trek. The Discovery Channel special Trek."

Me: "That's nice."

Him: "And I rode 30 miles on it the other day."

Me: "Dude, my 60 year old mom rode 30 miles the other day...on a hybrid."

For once it shut him up. Best part was, it was totally true about my mom!
Zen
08-01-2007, 09:09 PM
Me: "Dude, my 60 year old mom rode 30 miles the other day...on a hybrid."

For once it shut him up. Best part was, it was totally true about my mom!

Yes, there are more than a few of us here who don't find that hard to believe at all;)
CycleChic06
08-02-2007, 03:30 PM
Yes, there are more than a few of us here who don't find that hard to believe at all;)

Oh I believe it, but he couldn't. Yet another reason he's a jerk.
smilingcat
08-03-2007, 09:06 AM
Me: "Dude, my 60 year old mom rode 30 miles the other day...on a hybrid."

Oh I believe it, but he couldn't. Yet another reason he's a jerk.

and don't forget, when we say things like that, we are referred as a major witch or whatever... ya' know what I mean.

smilingcat
Aggie_Ama
08-03-2007, 08:03 PM
The only time I think it is cheesy is when it is someone who tries to act like they are better than others and then get dropped. If they have an attitude and are getting dropped on a climb or spent after 20 miles, I laugh. Out loud.

Otherwise, I could careless. So unless you are going to have an attitude and then ride like a weenie, get it! :D I want a Team Jelly Belly jersey, not because I could hang with them but because I dig the Sport Beans. :)