On Thursday, May 22, 2003, at 09:02AM, C. Andrews <chasds@mindspring.com> wrote:
>For a number of us
>(including me) the bike as it was shipped,
>factory-assembled, to the retailer, is the bike we want.
>Nothing else. And anything else besides that is certain in
>no way original.
Thank you, that was the kind of answer I was looking. Even though I don't agree with it, and from some of my off-list responses I'm not the only one. I do understand your view and it is totally valid. You are looking at it from the perspective of the manufacturer's intent. So how do you see bikes that are sold as frames only and then built up at the shop with parts requested by the customer? Also what if you buy a NOS bike and the bike is different from the catalog spec? This is why my view comes from the customers perspective because it takes these things into account, not that my version of original is the 100% correct one. It's just my view. enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives SB, CA
PS: I'll be more that happy to take anyone's "incorrect" Masi with Phil Wood and Brooks stuff. <humorous emoticon here> ++++++++++++++++++++ Nobody can do everything, but if everybody did something everything would get done. --Gil Scott-Heron-- ++++++++++++++++++++