Originally Posted by
Bill in VA
Since this is BikeForums, when did NEED really enter the picture?
Except possibly in the Bike Mechanics area. Wants and Needs are dependent on your point of view.
Absolutely. As long as it is with in the spirit of an event, I really don't care what people bring, whether it is a $10 dilapidated old bike with worn-through derailleur cages and DIY drillium like the one pictured above or a brand spanking new €5,000 "keeper of the flame".
At the same event I took the picture of the bike above, I also photographed this replica. Not even made by the original company. Yet I love it. The TJ Flying Gate, a copy of a W.R. Baines design from the 1930's:
