Yes, wow is about all I can say. At the fellow I ran into just dismissed the whole thing and left the rest of us alone. I wonder if he's ever dropped by Riv given it's in the 925.
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:28 AM, 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. > -- Robert Harrison rfharri...@gmail.com statrix.com -- 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.
