We_are_Stevo
Old School Grand Master
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There you go, see what happens when you engage your brain before opening your mouth (figuratively speaking...) 
My respect for you has increased exponentially as a result of the first intelligent post I've noticed from you since I joined (the odd minor expletive excepted).
I obviously have nothing against you as I don't know you, but I will answer back when it is deserved...
As in; I didn't impugn anyones credentials as a respected frame builder, indeed I praised their work and compared their pride in that work to my own in a different field.
What I pointed out is that perfectionists are often prevented from maybe thinking 'outside the box' by that same pride and passion (I have been equally guilty...) whereas someone with the same skills but with a wider reference base will often look at something very differently.
With regard to 'rubbish' being accorded the same degree of adulation as some MTB 'Holy Grail' where is the harm in that? One wants to recreate the experience of their youth and hark back to a time when they were maybe naieve and innocent, before the advent of maturity, adulthood and responsibility; when the world was a happier place without mass immigration, job shortages and soaring drug abuse; when you were rewarded for working hard and showing loyalty; etc; etc; The other maybe wants to build the bike they drooled over in the magazines but could only dream of owning but 25+ years later can now afford?
Who has the right to say one is better than the other? Not me for one...
Indeed I find myself looking at Raleigh Activator 2's and thinking it would be a laugh to get one for next to nothing and put decent kit and suspension on it??
My respect for you has increased exponentially as a result of the first intelligent post I've noticed from you since I joined (the odd minor expletive excepted).
I obviously have nothing against you as I don't know you, but I will answer back when it is deserved...
As in; I didn't impugn anyones credentials as a respected frame builder, indeed I praised their work and compared their pride in that work to my own in a different field.
What I pointed out is that perfectionists are often prevented from maybe thinking 'outside the box' by that same pride and passion (I have been equally guilty...) whereas someone with the same skills but with a wider reference base will often look at something very differently.
With regard to 'rubbish' being accorded the same degree of adulation as some MTB 'Holy Grail' where is the harm in that? One wants to recreate the experience of their youth and hark back to a time when they were maybe naieve and innocent, before the advent of maturity, adulthood and responsibility; when the world was a happier place without mass immigration, job shortages and soaring drug abuse; when you were rewarded for working hard and showing loyalty; etc; etc; The other maybe wants to build the bike they drooled over in the magazines but could only dream of owning but 25+ years later can now afford?
Who has the right to say one is better than the other? Not me for one...
Indeed I find myself looking at Raleigh Activator 2's and thinking it would be a laugh to get one for next to nothing and put decent kit and suspension on it??
