Originally Posted by
dminor
^^ Cool. Thanks for that, vik. Always a treat when you get to meet the innovators in person and talk to them.
Don't go making too many assumptions there, Reb. Believe me, I've suffered enough low-grade pedals, unsealed bearings, homemade, shadetree modifications because that's all I could afford. Some of us have what we have now by hard work and carefully cultivating relationships with some key people to help us along our way

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Oh, my bad man, Didn't mean it as an insult, just a joke.
Hard work and good relationships is honest and respectable enough for me.