Originally Posted by drac_vamp

maybe we have all just seen way too much stuff? there's only so far you can go with a set of lugs, steel tubes, and some paint. wheels can't get much more awesome either, really. until bikes start getting built out of lazer beams or start to become hover-bikes in some way, i think we will all be yawning for quite awhile. there's so much quantity and quality right now, we've kind of all reached our limit of awesomeness. thanks to ebay we can all have the nicest bikes around, which makes it harder on the not so nice bikes (conversions and anything odd. there is usually a thread on here just about every day about the one wonky bike posted on FGG with a tilted seat or a different set of bars than what we are used to seeing). i think our pooled aesthetic conscience has been driven to the brink of overload --- the bar has been raised as far as it can. cool paint wont cut it, disk wheels wont cut it, a nice complete build wont cut it anymore. the evidence is here though, in our forum, and it's a bit sad. there's more criticism than there is congratulations, which is a bad sign. nothing is worth infatuation anymore since we have all collectively seen all there is to see, the only thing left to do is nitpick a bike that would bave been totally sweet a year or two ago. something that was once rare is now readily available, thus dimishing it's attraction. hipsters get "jaded", cyclists get that too i think. when anyone and everyone have access to being way cool, then way cool loses it's weight and it takes more and more to become way cool. anyone can grab that njs frame from ebay, anyone can piece together the dura ace group or campy group, and we've all seen it all.

i could use some ice cream right about now. or a bike ride.