I felt the same way. If you block the feet with your finger/hand, you lose the personality of the kid. And the kid is really what the poster is about, imo. In addition, without the feet he looks imprisoned. Finally, with the feet, the wheel is free to spin, and that's something kids (including us big ones) like to do when they see a wheel, give it a spin (at least me and my little dude like to!).
Lee SF, CA On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 9:44 AM, grant <grant...@gmail.com> wrote: > The feet are the best part! Block out the feet and the image loses its > balance. Older bike posters had naked women holding handlebars and flying > through the cosmos---I can only imagine the Realist Uproar over that. But > Rene, you can't be sure that the bike wasn't suspended above the ground, > staged for the photo-shoot. In this photo, Keven was behind Milo, hands on > his waist. No children were harmed nor pout at risk during the photo > session. If you show up on a Tuesday (Milo's day here at Riv, every week) > and his feel are in a cast or bandaged....pure coincidence, I swear! > G > > > On Monday, June 25, 2012 5:38:31 PM UTC-7, René wrote: >> >> I got my poster today, as I was out traveling last week. Everyone who has >> posted so far has had nothing bad to say about it, so it feels that many in >> the bunch feel that nothing that comes out of RBW has any flaws at all. >> >> While I like the poster, and do not regret buying it sight unseen, I >> can't say that it is what I expected it would be. I didn't look at the >> artist's website so I had no preconceived notions except for what my own >> sense of excitement at the mention of Rivendell. >> >> Since those who have not bought it yet can actually see what it's about >> on the Blug section, I'm going to be a bit more specific in my comments: >> >> I like it, but am not overwhelmed by it. What does bother me, though, is >> seeing the boys foot/shoe showing under the tire. Aesthetically (or >> whatever term is appropriate) it bugs me because my mind questions how can >> that be possible. Is he lifting the bike? Doesn't seem so, did then someone >> rolled the bike over his foot? Doesn't seem so either as the bike doesn't >> seem to be tilted up. Anyway... >> >> Other than that detail, I believe that like almost all of the RBW frame >> colors (with the except of the Hunqapillar gray) the more I look at it, the >> more it will grow on me. That is, unless the issue with the foot under the >> wheel also makes me more and more uncomfortable... >> >> Can anyone come up with my explanation that allows me to go "Aha!!!" and >> makes the whole foot thing make sense? >> >> At least if I end up not liking it at all, I paid the lowest price by >> buying it unseen. I do like RBW's price escalation scheme as it supports us >> wild risk takers... :-D >> >> Hope no one gets mad at me for this post... >> >> René >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/on9dxxhoexAJ. > > 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. > -- 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.
