Originally Posted by
BillyD
Heh heh heh, you're talking to the wrong person. I'm an anti-carbon zealot myself, just not an activist. I believe people have their own personal reasons for riding carbon, and just make the decision to ignore the safety concerns
I'm convinced are inherent therein. Therefore, I don't see the point in wasting my time arguing with them about it, and trust they also see the futility in arguing with ME.
To each his own, that's my philosophy.
Let me clarify: the filter would only kick in when someone made 5 or more anti-carbon posts with the intention of "inciting unrest" within the forum.
I totally get not wanting to ride a carbon frame and honestly, the only reason I'm super comfortable with my bike is because I'm the ONLY person who has ever wrenched on/ridden it. I just take offense when someone deliberately ignores any line of dialogue, picks one or two examples out of a sample of thousands, and picks and chooses what they quote. I mean, did he ever acknowledge the fact that Hincapie's steerer was alloy?
I think it comes down to a customer I had in the shop one day who didn't like to wear helmets. We ONLY mentioned it because he was buying a bike and we offer 10% off of accessories on the day of bike purchase. I don't care if you don't want to wear a helmet, just don't give me all your half baked theories on why wearing a helmet is bad and more likely to cause injury. Just say, "No thanks." It was seriously a ten minute diatribe he gave us on the subject. We all just nodded and smile, took his money, and said "Thanks! Come again!"