Did Byron speak Spanish? Tomaaaaato or tomato" Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but Some people just have no appreciation of it. I can only tell you of ACTUAL experience of many many makes,owning, touring and racing, and with that experience, I stand by my words. Therees more but let the matter rest and look at Hilary Stones words. Facts and unbiased truth. Only one question Hilary, what did you ride when a young, sorry , youger shaver? Experience from books is no experience. Night Night all. Its getting cold again, weve got your snow coming , time to tuck up with my 1960s Sporting Cyclist. Now thats really sick..... Barrie Carter. Roundham. UK
________________________________ From: David Bean <beandk@rcn.com> To: CR List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Mon, 8 February, 2010 15:29:15 Subject: Re: [CR] Dawes, snobbery, photo posting
This thread has been the greatest. Full of facts, opinion, prejudice, the whole works!
Thank you, Peter, for putting the Don Juan photos on a site that doesn't make you sign up.
Now, the question: Pronunciation always has to do with snobbery; how do we prounounce "Don Juan" correctly? As in Spanish or as the title of Byron's poem is pronounced?
And, as for bike snobbery of the ordinary sort, how could anyone look down their nose at a bike as totally splendid as Mark Hoffman's Dawes?
David Bean
Arlington, MA USA
beandk at are-see-enn dot com