means that the bikes I covet are not for him. But if he wants to own one but doesn't want to actually ride it? He's a poseur pure and simple!
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chuck,
i have owned bikes that i decided not to ride because they were too heavy, too whippy, too twitchy, too slow handling or too ugly. most of these i sold, but a couple i kept, even though i knew i would not ride them, just because i thought they were beautiful, or unique, or just plain because they were made by a favored marque. i wanted them in my collection despite the fact that i didn't want to ride them. i've even bought bikes just because they were pretty, even though i had no intention of ever riding them. again, it was a bike for my collection. the only bikes i ride these days are an off-topic carbon bike with ergo, or an off-topic tandem with sti. i admit it, i own bikes that i don't want to ride. does that make me a poseur? if so, then i am a happy poseur and i embrace my poseur life style.
anybody else want to join me in coming out of the poseur closet? it's not so bad. maybe together we can stop this ugly discrimantion against us.
ray dobbins (trying to figure out how to tell my family)
miami florida
miami