In a message dated 4/9/2004 10:50:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time, richardsachs@juno.com writes:
<< imo, the americanization of the bicycle industry was to blame. >>
Oh great! Now you are blaming the U.. S.. of A? Ha! That's too easy!
Well.... you maybe be partially right (Nah!)
So you are saying in the beginning, these guys humbly plied their trade in their lonely studios, with no goal or strategy to be famous or not wanting paid highly for their trade skills? And that the disease of capitalism infected their minds and turned them into unsavory charlatans? OK, you didn't say all that.. BUT you implied all that! Your honor, I rest my case. (Oh, what were we talking about?)
But you do say "......no longer the icons we remember them as." So the question is, were these guys really icons or why would we think that? And they became less icons and more charlatans after they started cranking out bikes? When they had less of their own hand and skills involved and became managers up in the office? Is that the answer we are seeking?
Inquiring minds have no way of knowing! Ha!
Dale
Dale Brown
Greensboro, NC