Buon Natale Pinarello!
by Jimbo... on Dec 12, 2008 1:15 AM EST
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PrintHello Pinarello folks. Jimbo here... Yep, me again... Jimbo... Just wanted to, you know, take a minute to touch base... "entrare in contatto" as it were... see how the off season is treating you all....
Molto bene, I expect? I'm sure you've all been hard at work in the factory over there in Italy? Making bikes. Lots of em, eh? Dozens and dozens? Maybe hundreds? Lots of inventory. Yep... Nice... Sucks about the economy... dire.... global credit crisis, loss of consumer confidence, spending way, way, down. What to say? Just bad, bad, bad, really.... But look, I'm sure that you guys are doing great! You must be recession proof, right? High end toys like yours are above the fray? Them rich folks these days? SO rich... Nothing to worry about. Those Prince's will be flying off the shelves. Full steam ahead, baby!...
Hey, any holiday plans? Me? Not so much. Just laying low with the wife and kiddies. Drink some egg nog. Bake some cookies. Maybe open a few presents. The usual stuff. Nothing too fancy. Maybe take a ride or three.Get out there amongst my cycling crazy neighbors... remember them, right? Those dentists and dot com millionaires between the ages of 35 and 55 with a median family worth of two to ten million? Yep, them...
Hey, you guys getting excited about the Giro? How about the Tour of California? Boy, I know I am!... Yep.... Very excited... yep... nothing but excitement here... huge...
So, about that bike lending proposal thingy? You remember that, right... This might ring a bell? Any feedback on that whole thing? Cause I'm hearing nothing on my end... All pops and hisses... the line seems dead... come in Tokyo... ha!... And not to sound fickle or anything, but rumor has it that another bike maker is, well, let's just say they are motivated... ready to make things happen... "eager to play" if you know what I'm saying? Capisci? Now me, I like you guys. We are paisanos, si? Speaka ze English?
Anyway, my email is in my profile. You know what to do... Ringy dingy... Tick tock...
Oh and dire ciao a tua madre per me, va bene? Ciao.
Jimbo
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Best post of the year
Very subtle, I think you found the right tone here,. Don’t want to come off as too eager or pushy.
I have a good feeling about this one.
Carlos Sastre - Tour de France winner - Born From Jets
Let's hope they don't see the Orbea comments:-)
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950
O go ahead
It’d christmas… Being kind and all that stuff :-)
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950
I agree - it is the holidays and all. And I am pretty certain that Jimbo would share his present with you.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
And by I agree, mean with CycleGirl. Delete these babies o powerful one. :-)
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Oh Jimbo... This is good. Really good. :-)
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Poor Sonny Jim
I feel so bad for you I think I need to talk you into buying an Indy Fab. For both our sakes.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
oooh, now there's an idea
Jimbo, you don’t like your job, do you? You really want to be the VN tech editor, don’t you? And then, you want to get us both Pinarellos to test. Sheesh, this is so totally simple right now.
yeah, Jimbo, just wait till Lyne says
“Hey, it’s a little warm in here. Why don’t you unbutton your shirt a bit.”
You’ll have never known a free like what follows.
Note to self
Do not leave drink unattended at the PdC Toc party, or accept anything to drink from Lyne or Gav.
Is this Jimbo's new calling?
Check it out here.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Holy crap
I may be the ideal candidate, as long as the job “requirements” are more like “loose guidelines”, or better yet, “totally optional”. If I just send them links to my two Pinarello letters, which are pretty much the only writing samples I have, in an email titled something clever like “suck on this, bitches” or the less provocative “Jimbo, reporting for duty!”, I’m a shoe-in…
If they put the hiring up to a vote amongst it's readers, we so have your back.
And thanks for making me laugh out loud. My dogs looked at me funny.
“suck on this, bitches”…. still laughing.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
OK had nowhere to put this, But HOLY CRAP
Oscar PEREIRO is coming to the TDU, Wahoooooooo… Oh Lance you are in so much trouble… hehehe We may be getting some of the big guns here next year….. I’m waiting now to see the rest of the team, i’m all excited…
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950
According to cyclingfever startlists
Jens! Voigt is racing the TdU this year, now that’s huge!
"If you go (with a break), you can either win or not win. If you don't go for it, you definitely won't win."
~ Jens Voigt
Holy shit, really really OK Breath Cyclegirl...
I’m excited, who else from Sexybank!! I need to check it out….
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950
He's the only rider listed for Saxo so far
and I don’t know if his appearance is already confirmed , so don’t get too excited just yet.
"If you go (with a break), you can either win or not win. If you don't go for it, you definitely won't win."
~ Jens Voigt
Oh, and here is CdE's TdU team according to cyclingfever
PEREIRO SIO Oscar Spain
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon Spain
ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin Spain
LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo Spain
PORTAL Nicolas France
ERVITI Imanol Spain
DRUJON Mathieu France
"If you go (with a break), you can either win or not win. If you don't go for it, you definitely won't win."
~ Jens Voigt
TDU's pretty flat isn't it
I guess he’s building himself up slowly again.
Well Sonny Jimbo,
I had forgotten about this deal. It seems for a reasonably, refundable deposit, you can enjoy a Pinarello for 7 days. Alas, you’d have to “settle” for an F4:13…but you can “feel like a prince” ;-).
Yeah, but you have to pack it back up and send it away again.
How many people end up buying the bike because they can’t quite make their hands do that? After riding it, and hearing “sweet bike!” for a week?
Must be a fair percentage, to make this worthwhile for the company.
I suddenly see Jimbo going on vacation to Little Rock!
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
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