mechagouki
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jez-4-bikes-max":2uiu2ghw said:
Notorious for using peoples nostalgia to sell overpriced, poorly made crap you mean?
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Notorious for using peoples nostalgia to sell overpriced, poorly made crap you mean?
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I am a bit surprised at the results so far .
Neil":1hank5rc said:
Get a grip, since this is a site about old bicycles I would imagine most people use criteria like history and heritage to judge whether something is cool or not.
As for what history and heritage are who on Earth are you to define what it is in this or any other context? Or should I bin my OED and replace it with a NED.
Personally, I use a certain era as criteria for bikes I like and appreciate.John":22r5efuq said:
What I don't do is confuse or conflate that era as being necessarily cool. Nobody outside of us enthusiasts would get that - which is precisely, NOT cool.
Surely the concept of us using "cool" is exactly the same as others, like TG, using cool, and it isn't necessarily just what a group of enthusiasts would thing of as cool - which is why cars like the M3 and the M5 are uncool.
Just as important as any other take on the subject, that's what.John":22r5efuq said:
'cept I'm not confusing "cool" with "what I like".
Whatever lights your candle ;-)John":22r5efuq said:
I have some sympathy for them because they are not the typical overrated brand (hence why most apparently check uncool)
They made a lot of stuff, but some very fine highlights are for example Kneet's TI in the 1st post and the Dyna-Tech with c-R in team finishing I recall from a catalogue. The (US) Technium I bought for a girl a couple moths ago was also a fun bike and great value for money >>
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41144121@N03/
I say Cool.
They made a lot of stuff, but some very fine highlights are for example Kneet's TI in the 1st post and the Dyna-Tech with c-R in team finishing I recall from a catalogue. The (US) Technium I bought for a girl a couple moths ago was also a fun bike and great value for money >>
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41144121@N03/
I say Cool.
MikeD
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"Distributing" is exactly that - a manufacturer/distributor relationship. Raleighs US and UK are no closer than Raleigh and Diamondback ;-)
Aaaaaanyway. I think that one's pretty much kicked to death. I shall move on.
To me, the general lack of coolness of Raleigh is what makes the Baker-era team bikes far more cool than they would otherwise be. Does that make sense?
