BoTM Mar 2011 'Born in The USA' - The Vote
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trip":2686yfb4 said:Already voted, quite closed
Am I the only one surprised of the few votes of Archangels Adroit? It´s a great build, maybe not the month for it; the best race replica BOTM might have been better for it...
Agreed, quite shocking, it's one of the best bikes of the contest.
For those "suspicious minds":
A vote from a Newbie is worthless?
There are a lot of "watchers" in this forum. There're classic bike lovers who can't speak or write english properly, so they don't post.
But they can vote.
or can't they?
P.d. Dear GM, we've a great Spanish sentence for what you did: To through a stone and hide your hand. You SHOULD explain yourself.
Me too (c) AOL - on the voting thing.IDB1":5g5h9qw9 said:Not seeing disapproval buddy.. just a different processGoldenEraMTB":5g5h9qw9 said:
I don't log off (no, really.. I don't
Typically very soon after the vote has gone up - look throught the list, go off my first instinct - no deliberation - and fire off that vote. Don't think I've ever voted for a winner.
As to the bigger picture / social conscience - my interest in bikes / retrobikes isn't for anybody elses' approval - or to support some public image - just what I like, from when I like.
If people are voting for perception in / from a bigger picture - just a thought - frankly, I don't think that bigger picture could care less.
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who voted for the muddy zaskar? Ha! the poor thing has been laid up for months without a canti hanger. Heck, the pic was posted as a reason for it not being entered this month.
Thank you though.
Thank you though.
andrewl":2rhisidi said:For me while the Cunningham Indian is by far one of the nicest bikes in the vote and in general, for me it just doesn’t scream “Born in the USA” as it’s almost too sensible, practical, reliable, dependable - and many other words ending in ible. It’s too well engineered and understated to fit with my mental image of American consumerist culture where I expect to be spun some line about this years model being 17% lighter, 120% more efficient and make me more attractive to the opposite sex as evidenced in the catalog photo of frames being welded by bikini clad beauties…
Maybe its just the song, but I expect a bike fitting the “Born in the USA” tag to be a little bit loud, brash and somewhat cheesy. If it was Made in the USA, then maybe it would be a different story, but I voted based purely on what the title means to me and the bike which fit it best.
Sooo... My entry should be a clear winner, yes?
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