This statement was not intended to offend.

Someone who is reasonably well versed in the acqusition, building and use of a vintage road bicycle is a member of the vintage road bicycle crowd. The person who is looking, probably on Ebay or Craigslist, for their first vintage road bicycle is a member of the want-to-be-crowd.

I make this distinction, as a result of selling hundreds of vintage road bicycles on-line. More often than not, those new to the interest, will fail to ask the right questions that will help to ensure he, or she, gets the bike they hope for. The wanna-be will, more often than not, pay more than he or she should for a bike. And the wanna be is the person driving prices up so quickly these days.

Again, not an intention to offend anyone who is or wishes to be a vintage road bicycle enthusiast.