That bike has an ironic destiny in store for it. It will likely be purchased by another collector, who will have paid a pretty penny for one of the last pristine versions. If they ride it, they'll ride it carefully...never fully testing it or enjoying it as frame designer originally intended.
It will likely live it's life on a pedastal. Perhaps one day it will be passed on to another collector, and then wind up in a museum. Could one say that bike is doomed? Paul On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Chris <fourf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > two days left and it's at $1284..... My guess is the bids will be > crazy the last day and especially the last hour! I hate the sniping > programs that bid at the last minute.... > > On Apr 4, 12:53 pm, benzzoy <benz...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > CycloFiend wrote: > > > on 4/3/09 9:15 AM, Ken Yokanovich at reflector.collec...@gmail.comwrote: > > > > SO many years wasted sitting in a box. What a shame. :) > > > > > That was exactly the thought I had. Bikes in boxes (or hanging on > walls) are > > > sad and sorry things in my book. > > > > I beg to differ. Except for the rubber bits and the long-term > > desiccation of the grease/oil, a bike really has an infinite shelf- > > life. More so for a steel and aluminum bike such as the XO-1. As > > such, the years spent in a box or hung up aren't necessarily wasted > > per se, but merely spent "sleeping". > > > > Perhaps it's wasted because you or I did not spend our more youthful > > days riding it. :) > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
