Originally Posted by
acoldspoon
Obviously you missed the part where he opened his reply to my post by condescendingly playing down my 9/11 injury. My response was me simmering down.
While the rest of his post was 2nd hand techno babble from a kid with no first hand experience, his first statement was beyond the pale. While I'm glad to have walked away from the WTC with my relatively minor injury as opposed to having been killed or maimed, this kid has no place commenting on his take on a First Responder's injury or the severity of it. You have to walk the walk if you are going to do that. And I've walked it enough times. This is all I'm going to say on the matter. I shouldn't have to say more.
I used to know a Gulf War vet who installed an automatic transmission and a modern drivers seat in his classic 1960's Mustang after returning home injured from Iraq. I never heard a classic car guy have any issue with this. We should be no different as fixed gear riders. Our sport, which I was taking part in before the poster I took issue with was born, needs to be more accessible, not less. Style is one thing, fascism is another.
My friend, I do apologize.. the wording "a bit of" was not meant to belittle the extent of the injury. You mentioned it in passing (In fact, I didn't realize until you clarified that you got injured as a first responder on 9/11), and in casual terms so I assumed it wasn't debilitating. And I certainly wasn't comparing it with people who lost their lives that day. Again, I feel terrible that you took offense at this.
Additionally the tone of my post, though condescending, wasn't really meant for you. It was mostly meant for the people around here who build beautiful NJS bikes and put risers/flats on them because everyone else is doing it. Annoys me to no end, but really I'm just being irrational and provocational. For you, I ended up putting words in your mouth, which was a mistake. I was aware of this when I wrote it, so I added the "of course you can do what you want", but I guess that didn't help.
Looks like you do know more about tubulars than I do, though I assure you I have ridden them (though I do not own a set.. I am planning on getting some though). I'm not going to argue with you, though.
I hope you enjoy the bike, whatever it may end up being.