themadchemist
Reged: 22/04/2007
Posts: 308
Loc: South Cheshire
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Now i know all magazines are full of adverts,and thats fair enough.. but i got a bit of a shock on page 22 of this weeks comic... an advert for a Mercedes-benz CAR. 
I expect in a T-d-F special for the comic to be full of tour related news/adverts.. not car adverts and not more bleeping sportives advice.
Ok rant over... the rest of the comic is still a good read..
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bfergie
Reged: 19/04/2008
Posts: 1622
Loc: Wickerman land,Scotland
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Ah the Merc advert is for any pro riders who are not in le tour and need something expensive to buy after promising not to play with sniffy snow!! 
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wuverley
Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 1495
Loc: Man of Kent
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Cycling Plus once had an advert for something like "Hot Fast Car " magazine, and lost half their subscribers.
Would Skoda be acceptable? (TdF sponsors)?
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rover1971
Reged: 09/06/2008
Posts: 264
Loc: Aberdeen, Scotland
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It's not the first time that merc ad appeared, I noticed it a couple weeks back.
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Smokin_Joe
Reged: 09/06/2006
Posts: 1678
Loc: Fishguard
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Advertising departments don't care who the adverts are from, their job is to pull in the money.
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Nobody ever got laid because they rode Shimano.
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scm
Reged: 24/06/2006
Posts: 1233
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But cycling is the new golf, and you always see Mercs in golf club car parks! Why do people associate cycling with poverty - we're not all paupers? I do prefer my Jag to any Merc, though. 
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fizban
Reged: 15/09/2007
Posts: 375
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Quote:
Would Skoda be acceptable? (TdF sponsors)?
I loved the answer one of the back page interviews gave
What car do you drive?
Skoda Octavia, if it's good enough for TdF it's good enough for me. 
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Grow your own dope, plant Stefan Schumacher.
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bigoldsideofham
Reged: 23/12/2007
Posts: 1077
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Aaaah SCM - your a sly one! I too love my jag, although i dont do much mileage in it.
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bfergie
Reged: 19/04/2008
Posts: 1622
Loc: Wickerman land,Scotland
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"Why do people associate cycling with poverty - we're not all paupers?"
I am, I spend far to much on bikes, I blame the dealers having so much nice stuff tugging at my wallet!!
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scm
Reged: 24/06/2006
Posts: 1233
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Being a pauper means you can't afford food, not a new bike (and not being able to afford food because you've just spent the money on the new bike doesn't count)!
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