Wow. A lot of anger in the 925.
On Sep 30, 5:28 pm, Rex Kerr <rexk...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
