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07-18-07, 02:02 AM
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While reading the recent inane Zipp 404 thread, I had a thought. Aesthetically photo #1 is the equivalent of photo #2, only 20 years later. Kinda sexy for a brief moment, but ...
07-18-07, 02:19 AM
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it's ok, i fixed it for you. too bad neither are still around, since that frame cracked a month or so ago...
07-18-07, 02:34 AM
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Dude, that bike is sexy today, will be tomorrow, and 20 years from now that bike will be like the hot soccer mom that you were checking out in the grocery store the other day.
07-18-07, 02:43 AM
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07-18-07, 06:14 AM
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I won't argue about the OP's motives in this thread . . . he may or may not be envious.
But where his argument does hold water is with how bike fashion changes. Just 15 - 20 years ago skinny steel tubes in a classic geometric design was the sexiest look around. Now it appears that preference has switched to the oversized tubes of aluminum or CF, with decorative decals on every conceivable surface. Today, a good percentage of "older" riders who came of age 20 years ago still prefer the traditional look of a bicycle, whereas the younger generation opts for the newer look.
It's that way with everything. The young-uns reject the values of the "old folks" and push for change and distinctiveness, something with which they can claim as their own, apart from mommy and daddy's generation. It's the natural order of things.
Twenty or thirty years from now bikes will probably look noticeably, perhaps radically different. The new generation will be flocking to the new designs while today's generation will be struggling to adjust. Of that there is little argument.
Hmmmmm, if only I could predict that look and make a timely investment . . . .
But where his argument does hold water is with how bike fashion changes. Just 15 - 20 years ago skinny steel tubes in a classic geometric design was the sexiest look around. Now it appears that preference has switched to the oversized tubes of aluminum or CF, with decorative decals on every conceivable surface. Today, a good percentage of "older" riders who came of age 20 years ago still prefer the traditional look of a bicycle, whereas the younger generation opts for the newer look.
It's that way with everything. The young-uns reject the values of the "old folks" and push for change and distinctiveness, something with which they can claim as their own, apart from mommy and daddy's generation. It's the natural order of things.
Twenty or thirty years from now bikes will probably look noticeably, perhaps radically different. The new generation will be flocking to the new designs while today's generation will be struggling to adjust. Of that there is little argument.
Hmmmmm, if only I could predict that look and make a timely investment . . . .
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07-18-07, 07:52 AM
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I won't argue about the OP's motives in this thread . . . he may or may not be envious.
But where his argument does hold water is with how bike fashion changes. Just 15 - 20 years ago skinny steel tubes in a classic geometric design was the sexiest look around. Now it appears that preference has switched to the oversized tubes of aluminum or CF, with decorative decals on every conceivable surface. Today, a good percentage of "older" riders who came of age 20 years ago still prefer the traditional look of a bicycle, whereas the younger generation opts for the newer look.
It's that way with everything. The young-uns reject the values of the "old folks" and push for change and distinctiveness, something with which they can claim as their own, apart from mommy and daddy's generation. It's the natural order of things.
Twenty or thirty years from now bikes will probably look noticeably, perhaps radically different. The new generation will be flocking to the new designs while today's generation will be struggling to adjust. Of that there is little argument.
Hmmmmm, if only I could predict that look and make a timely investment . . . .
But where his argument does hold water is with how bike fashion changes. Just 15 - 20 years ago skinny steel tubes in a classic geometric design was the sexiest look around. Now it appears that preference has switched to the oversized tubes of aluminum or CF, with decorative decals on every conceivable surface. Today, a good percentage of "older" riders who came of age 20 years ago still prefer the traditional look of a bicycle, whereas the younger generation opts for the newer look.
It's that way with everything. The young-uns reject the values of the "old folks" and push for change and distinctiveness, something with which they can claim as their own, apart from mommy and daddy's generation. It's the natural order of things.
Twenty or thirty years from now bikes will probably look noticeably, perhaps radically different. The new generation will be flocking to the new designs while today's generation will be struggling to adjust. Of that there is little argument.
Hmmmmm, if only I could predict that look and make a timely investment . . . .
Then again, most of the bikes we now see as being 'classics' have a sort of elegance that this particular bike lacks... that's just my opinion obviously, but to me it just lacks a certain... je ne sais quoi. I think it is by most accouts t3h hawtness, and I agree, but is it timeless? I don't think so.
07-18-07, 09:42 AM
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