I googled "Roadeo" and most of the results I got are about the contest in driving skills among school bus and/or bus transit drivers. Not even one result pertains to a road bicycle or bicycling in general or cowboy rodeo. So now whenever I will see or hear a bike named "Roadeo," it would not even connote something [machismo?) like that one out of that Laramie ad or one out of a cowboy rodeo.
Why not just simply call it "Road Classic." Rene -----Original Message----- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Palincsar Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 12:17 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: new Riv road bike, and my unwanted input for another On Sat, 2009-07-11 at 10:09 -0600, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > Regarding that west o' Laramie ad: it is very odd, but although I am > very logicall and largely proof against hype and advertising and > sentimentality -- I have a doctorate in Aristotelian philosophy -- I > must admit that that Laramie ad does tug at certain hidden > heartstrings. Very odd, because if you analyze it, it doesn't really > make any logical sense at all. All the more reason to beware of one's > subconscious weaknesses and the advertisers' stealthy skills. Unquestionably. And all the more amazing because it was the first of its kind. AFAIK all modern advertising springs from that ad. It's pure hype at its most perfect -- and it just makes you feel so good all over reading it! In its own way, it's magnificent art. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
