B2 Isn't this post about 14 days late? I've re-read it a couple of times now, and I'm SURE you meant to send this on April 1st!
Personally, I don't care one bit what reason a person has for their likes/dislikes. All reasons are just as valid as any other. I think this goes for just about anything, not just bikes. If you strip away all the emotional and non-practical parts of any product, you miss the point entirely.
Just my two Canadian pennies ($.015 us)
Grant McLean(tm) Toronto.Ca
O \O/ _< \_ _< _ (_)>(_) (_)>(_)
From: brianbaylis@juno.com Peter, I forgot to mention in my previous post, that personally I never have given a second thought to ANY bicycle based on who rode one or who won races on what machine. The LAST thing I care about in a frame is WHO rides one, followed closely by what RACES were won on what bikes. I'm a framebuilder and I see frames from the construction and design standpoint. What bike a rider chooses to or is "forced" to ride is irrelevent to anything. What races were won are ALWAYS based on the RIDER (unless the frame falls apart during the race due to a flaw in construction that is the actual FAULT of the builder, which many failiers are not). Those aspects are part of the emotional part of what one sees in a bike. Personally, I reccommend that everyone lose the who rode it and "what bike? won it" part of bikes. Look with your eyes. Be open minded and willing to learn more and EXPERIENCE more. Never mind what was going on in any given country regarding bikes when determining what is "good" and what is not so good. It's all good, really. But look and learn about bikes. Eventually you will realize that great bikes are made pretty much everywhere, and some of the best come from of all places, CALIFORNIA!
Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA
Did I really say that? YES I DID!!!!!!!!!