I agree on the collectors who will hoard things in a closet, so to speak- but on the other hand, if we didn't have museums (which are really just collectors, institutionalized) artifacts would be doomed to oblivion through usage, or complete metamorphosis by way of repair, to the point where artifacts their original form is lost or becomes ambiguous.
In that sense certain material evidence of history could be lost. I'm not saying that this particular XO-1 should not be ridden-the-hell- out-of... But in a way, the curation of certain cultural icons (maybe bicycles, maybe musical instruments) is a manner of usage in itself, ensuring the preservation of iconic points along a timeline for the purpose of reflection. On Mar 31, 12:20 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > I disagree. Whether Monets, bikes or pennies, collecting stuff for the > purpose of collecting is pretty sucktastic. > > > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 8:07 AM, cm <chrispmur...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > If they can sell it for that much (or likely more) good for them. And > > if the person who wants to buy it wants stick in the bicycle room, who > > cares? There are old pennies, nickels, and dimes that are worth a lot > > more than a penny, nickel, or dime and if someone wants to buy them > > and stick them in a little bag and put'em in a book to admire- who > > cares? Yes, bikes are meant to be ridden and dimes are meant to be > > spent, but not all of them, all the time for everyone. Do what you > > want with our stuff, I'll do what I want with mine. And I dont think > > there is anything suck-y or suck-ish about it. > > > Cheers! > > cm > > > -- > > 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something > wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, > scientist guy -- 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-bu...@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.
