Originally Posted by
carleton
Bike Geek + Fatherhood.
How many dudes make awesome bikes for their girlfriends, when the girls don't know Dura Ace from Jack in the Box?
For all we know, the guy works for Lightweight and got the parts for free. Like someone else in another thread wrote, maybe the kid has some illness and wants to be a "Pro bike racer" before it's too late and the companies donated the parts.
I see where you are coming from, shouldn't have judge by just looking at one picture...
Originally Posted by
carleton
Actually, I have a 10 year old son who plays baseball and football (two sports with some expensive equipment).
It's envy that makes you guys sick in your stomach to see this. A real bike geek would be all excited to see such a project pulled off.
It's not even envy, I just think that it is so discouraging to the other kids, they obviously just want to have a blast out there, winning is just a bonus for them and the fancy bike is not going to make them feel any better.