That 28 Gibson......if its a F-5 Lloyd Loar model might be worth a mint......I'm a mandolin player and have a no longer made Flatiron and a Tacoma but will be buying a F5 style soon. I also have a few old film cameras (medium format) but haven't used them in several years preferring my new Nikon digital. I waited years to jump on the bandwagon but love the new gear. Its just a different means to the same end IMHO. I do like steel bicycles and lugged ones best and don't feel steel to be inferior to carbon or any other material. Some of the new tubing when put together correctly makes for one light, strong frame.
On May 14, 3:59 pm, scott <clankbonesh...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't care one way or another about the Carbon Fiber issue. But, in > a recent thread I spotted this quote that I have been thinking about: > > .there is nothing wrong with > steel bicycle frames or the people who ride them, like them, or make > them. I > just proposed to the frame builder list here that steel bikes must be > considered as a fashion decision. This is not a put down at all. Lots > to > things from the past have value but are not very commercially viable. > Vinyl > records, film cameras, mechanical watches, steel bike frames all have > their > place with a small fanatic following." > > I don't know about "Fashion Decision," but I have vinyl records that > are 50+ years old that still play great. I had an Ipod that sh@t out > on me after being left in the cold and CD's that skip even though I > try to take good care of them. My film camera has been repaired and > should last another 20 years hopefully, yet my first digital camera > didn't last two years. I have a tube guitar amp that sounds fantastic > that is 40 years old and has been repaired. My pops recently left me > his 1928 Gibson mandolin that was once run over by a car (the > headstock needed repair) that sounds better than any mandolin I've > ever heard. These things are metaphors for handmade steel bicycle > frames I suppose. But I hope that in fifty years my Sam Hilborne (yet > to be delivered) will be around with the mandolin and tube amp. > > Scott -- 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.
