Re: Patching TPU innertube

On Sun, 5 Jan 2025 11:36:33 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 1/2/2025 4:27 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

 I'm skeptical that many can tell, in a blind test,
whether a $20,000 fiddle sounds better than a $30,000 one. And in high
end road bikes of similar construction and componentry, I think the
situation is much the same.

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Ah, a new article on people who firmly believe that what's much more
expensive must be much, much better!

What people are those? Can you name one of them?

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/29/business/payless-fake-store/index.html
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That article contains this paragraph: "A study published in 2008 tested
the idea that price affects perceptions of quality. Subjects were given
inexpensive wine to drink, but those who were told it was more expensive
described it as more flavorful and pleasant to drink." And a link to
that study: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0706929105
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So can cyclists _really_ tell that their new frame is "rigid, yet
compliant"?   ;-)

I don't know and I don't care. Why do you?