On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Robert F. Harrison <rfharri...@gmail.com>wrote:
> There was one fellow I met while I headed out on a camping trip who said to > his friends derisively, "oh, that's just an expensive copy of an old frame." > Then he walked away not giving it a second glance. > > I wonder if it's the same guy who posted this (censored) comment in response to my flickr photo: Hey I saw a bike like that on craigslist. It was a little lacking in [*slur*] and was missing a zero on the end of the price, but overall maybe a nice adjunct if you're looking to buy another worthless piece of [*profane*]? You'll still get to go through that same process of explaining that you really wanted to get a CrMo frame (not because you're a legit, fit rider who's riding a heavy frame for monetary or safety reasons, mind you...just because $2000 seemed reasonable for not having to buy an "authentic" looking bike second hand). I just got linked to this page from the Rivendell site because I was horrified that someone (locally! In the 925!) makes money from selling bikes that would raise eyebrows if someone was trying to sell it second-hand for over $300. I'm never given to vandalism, but I would definitely wait by your bike if I ever saw it until I could castigate you for willfully wasting money on nothing. It's not a classic. It's not a whit more functional or safe than the sub-$300 ex-touring steel bikes on Craigslist. It's not even the good kind of ostentatious, like a Ferrari that can get you laid. It's just aggressively meaningless. If I found that you weren't rich enough to go to the atm, withdraw 2K, and light it on fire, I think I would call you pretentious. If you were, but weren't so darkly nihilistic so as to taunt the good folk of your community collecting to save the stick figures in Africa by repeatedly incinerating potential aid dollars in front of them, I'd call you an idiot. What if that's just you though? Respekt, you're a cold mofo and we should go ride and do some recreational arson at this orphanage I know. Wow... somebody's got issues. I wonder if his car costs more than a few thousand... you know, you can buy an old 50 MPG Geo for something like $1000... I responded with something like "Thanks for the compliments, glad you liked my bike." :-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
