On Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at 08:18 PM, Chuck Schmidt wrote:
> Jeeze Brandon! Chill out, Bro.
Sorry don't mean to come across too strong. I think we're all a little
emotional today.
> I said, what the bike had when it was new.
> You said, the bike the customer is handed.
> Are these different answers??????????????????????????????
Many posts back I said that a customer putting A'ME or Modolo hoods on
a new bike still made it original, you said "Correct original? No.
Correct for the period? No." So yes they are different answers.
People's quest for originality in general is a quest for the bike in
the catalog picture. This takes the most important part out of the
equation, the rider. I don't think a bike is really a bike until it
has a rider. As one of the strongest proponents of the "ride it" side
of the ride/don't ride debate I think you might agree. If when a bike
is pulled from the box and the hubs are replaced with Hi-E's, the
pulleys Bullseye, the saddle with Brooks, and the bar tape, cable
housings, and toe straps with a different color. I argue that that
bike is as original as the bike pictured in the catalog. Maybe it's
just me and never finding a bike that was "just right" out of the box,
but I think the individual touches a customer adds to the bike is what
makes the bike something special.
enjoy,
Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
I don't walk to a different
drummer, I am a drummer
in Santa Barbara, Calif.
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