I scanned the Cannodale WWW site and found that Cannondale is an American company founded 20 years ago. It is located at Bedford, PA.
Marcus wrote in USMA 20958: >On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 18:27:44 > kilopascal wrote: >>2002-07-11 >> >>What do they mean by: ...change an entire country's standard measuring >>system...? >> >Phooey on their part, evidently... > >>If memory serves me right, Canada's standard measuring system is METRIC. If >>the parts are designed and made to rational metric specs, then why are they >>"converting" the text from the way it is made to imperial in a country that >>already is metric? That makes no sense at all. >> >Precisely one of my points. But the fact that Cannondale is originally >Canadian (I must confess...) escaped my mind when I first wrote my post. > >However, it really doesn't matter if it is or not, the fact of the matter >is road bike forks' dimensions ARE hard metric (the US is actually a... >"late comer" into the development of this specific technology). > >>Could you please contact them and ask them that? Maybe, they are not aware >>that Canada is metric. and if they are not, maybe you can enlighten them >>with proof. >> >Well... I did post again to them with a "counter-response". I'm not sure >they'd bother answering me (they haven't even my counter-response yet...) > >Marcus >>... >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Ma Be" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Thursday, 2002-07-11 17:14 >>Subject: [USMA:20950] Oops... Finally, the Canondale story >> >> >>> I just realized that sometime ago I had the intention of also including a >>new story with another message of mine. Unfortunately I forgot to add the >>link and tell about it, so here it goes... >>> >>> If you surf www.cannondale.com and the specific URL (among others...): >>> http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/02/cusa/model-2TR8.html >>> you'll notice the following reference under "fork": >>> ' TIG-welded chromoly, 1 1/8" (SIC) ' >>> >>> What made me fume is the fact that such dimension (diameter) has always >>been hard metric in this industry (road bike) - 28 mm in this case. Yet, >>these guys are doing the same thing the computer industry is doing with the >>3 1/2" floppy size crap. >>> >>> I sent them an e-mail to ALL their customer support links (you can easily >>get them by looking under contact us or something like that in their >>website) and this is what they responded (the representative in Europe, >>BTW!...): >>> >>> (NOTE: If any of you, especially our European friends, would also like to >>add your voices to "my crowd", please do not mention about me in any way, >>otherwise they'll think that we're "ganging on them"... Thanks) >>> >>> Marcus >>> >>> Subject: >>> RE: Correction >>> Date: >>> Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:24:55 +0200 >>> From: >>> SERVICEDESKEUROPE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Dear Marcus... >>> >>> Thank you for you opinion. We at Cannondale welcome all suggestions from >>our >>> customers. >>> We do agree with you to a certain extent but it would be very difficult >>for >>> Cannondale to change an entire country's standard measuring system. We >>> would like to point out that we are not the only international company >>that >>> utilizes the imperial unit of measurement. for example: wheels (rim >>sizes) >>> >>> *** Just a small parenthesis here to comment that even if that may be true >>some of them ARE described in metric terms, like the 700 x 23C spec! *** >>> >>> for both bicycles and cars are measured in inches. We hope that in the >>> future the entire world adapts a single standard of measure. Believe us, >>it >>> would makes our lives easier as well. >>> >>> yours sincerely, >>> Cannondale Europe >>> Customer Service >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: berger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 7:18 PM >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Subject: Correction >>> >>> >>> Good day, Sir, >>> >>> Please allow me to make a strong suggestion for you to >>> "correct" an important piece of information concerning how you >>> post data info in your website on forks for road bikes >>> (sample: >>> http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/02/cusa/model-2RW5T.html). >>> >>> It's a *very well-KNOWN fact* that this industry (road bike) >>> is metric, therefore, it's really bizarre and unacceptable >>> that you would still talk about ' 1 1/8" ' sizes (SIC) >>> *EXCLUSIVELY* (no equivalent in metric in sight!) when every >>> rider/dealer/manufacturer... know that the above dimension is >>> actually a hard 28 mm! So, would you please stop using >>> obsolete units for this type of equipment, especially when it >>> comes to a * global* tool like the internet? (This is the >>> 21st century, for crying out loud!...) >>> >>> Except (very unfortunately so) perhaps for our American >>> friends noone else in the bike industry continues to insist on >>> using such archaic units of measurement (the same goes for >>> inches, pounds, psi and the likes). >>> >>> Thank you kindly also for contributing towards bringing your >>> customers meaningful, valuable, modern and pertinent data and >>> for educating the public the right way. >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> >>> Marcus Berger >>> Alberta, Canada >>> >>> >>> Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably >>> Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. >>> Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com >>> >> >> >> > > >Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably >Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. >Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com Joseph B.Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
