Re: [CR]Now: What Hipness Is. Was: Retro Cool

(Example: Production Builders:Cinelli)

In-Reply-To: <20050103141959.M94581@veloworks.com>
References: <20050103.055018.28046.149986@webmail32.nyc.untd.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 13:51:59 -0500
To: stevens@veloworks.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Now: What Hipness Is. Was: Retro Cool


Quoth Steven L. Sheffield:
>As far as I'm concerned, the only thing that's even remotely cool, then or
>now, is riding bikes built by people in one-man shops, who had an association
>with A.S.Gillott and/or Witcomb Cycles.

Ewww, you ride bikes you didn't build yourself? How declassé!

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