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| "Shaun Rimmer" <
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| > (Cut and pasted from google, 'cos my PC **** itself and lost all but
today's
| > new messages).
| >
| > >P e t e F a g e r l i n <
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| > >
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| > >> On Wed, 7 May 2003 16:10:53 -0400, "Nelson Binch" <
[email protected]> wrote:
| > >>
| > >> |Finally got some fresh pix of some of my rides up on the site,
including
| > >> |finally a pic of my Tandem.
| > >> |
| > >> |
http://intergalax.com/mybikes.html
| > >>
| > >> I've never understood the whole "here is my generic bike leaning against a (insert couch,
| > >> tree, post, workbench) picture" followed by a laundry list of components" thing.
| > >
| > >You don't understand it, because you are a '***'.
| >
| > "No, I don't understand it because it's not about the ride, it's about the ride, IMO."
| >
| > That's as maybe, but a lot of people are proud of their tools of the
trade -
| > I see nothing wrong with that.
| >
| > >> It's funny, but inexplicable.
| > >
| > >You think it's funny that you are a ***?
| >
| > "No, I think it's funny that people post pictures of their generic bikes leaning against various
| > objects."
| >
| > I suspect you are missing something.
|
| He may well be. But It might be a product of the idea that MTBs are disposable for some folks. If
| you have enough green, even the exotic can be mundane.
|
| > Kind of like people taking "special" pictures of their washing machine, garbage disposal, TV,
| > carpet, etc. and listing the specs.
I understand there are folks who feel the same way about vacuum cleaners, both antique and exotic
current types. I'm sure if I looked, I'd find plenty of pix on the 'net or these folks special VCs.
| > Do you spend a lot of quality time with your washing machine? Does it provide you with
| > pleasurable fun? (And I'm not referring to sitting on
it
| > during the spin cycle...). Is it a tool for your main 'hobby' (bad
choice of
| > word, but what the hey...)?
I bet there are a small number of folks who actually have a hobby of restoring old fashioned
washing machines.
| And "Did you built it up yourself? From parts? Do you do all your own maintenance?"
|
| But hey, lots of folks take pictures of their cars and the like. Pride of ownership and all that.
|
| > Your lack of understanding of why someone (Nelson) would post those
types of
| > pics means nothing outside of you (and no, I'm not saying you said it
did,
| > before you try and fire that old one off at me).
|
| Fire off the old "nobody forced you to read the posts, click on the links, etc."
|
|
|
| > Shaun aRe - Damned proud of my bike, and there'd be more pictures of it
up
| > if I was able to do it.
|
| Eh, I do agree with Pete a little here. I mean, some of the bike pics are cool, but the vast
| majority are just your old generic bike. Kinda boring. It's cool to see people riding them, tho'.
| Even old generic bikes.
If I had a digital camera capable of it, I'd have somebody shooting me out on those bikes. Problem
is; my digital camera is a $40 POS that I got at Wal-Mart before I got laid off and it's not up to
much more of what you've seen. On top of that, my wife, God love her, is utterly incapable of
shooting good pictures and as I'm not part of a large circle of friends to take the pix, I'm SOL.
Another reason I post the pix, I like to talk about my bikes and I like to show them off. Sure they
look a bit generic, but that's because I don't much care for ultimate fantasy rigs. If I had
unlimited dollars, there wouldn't be that much difference visually in the bikes, only that I'd have
a lot more XTR and RaceFace goodies on and in them.
I kept several of my bikes with me at the shop, more to show them off and use them as a selling tool
that to tinker with them (spending 48 hours a week in a bike shop you tend to plateau with what you
can do to them.) Seeing something bolted to a bike is a whole lot better than just seeing the same
thing hanging on a slat-wall or sitting in a showcase.
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