Monday, February 2, 2009

Another HATE mail...

More Retrobike HATE thread fodder. I am an opinionated animal.

Vintage Hates...

-Kooka
-The word "Trek" on the downtube.
-Onza
-The word "Trek "on the downtube.
-Ringle
-The word "Trek" on the downtube.
-Spooky
-The word "Trek" on the downtube.


Non-vintage Hates...

-black black black black BLACK everywhere! Bleah!
-The word "Trek" on the downtube.
-Non-standard Wheels with less than 28 spokes, or spokes in pairs, or wheels with the nipples on the wrong end of the spokes, or wheels with straight pull spokes, or wheels with black spokes, or crappy asian-made mass produced junk wheels labeled with mean-nothing names like Rolf or Bontrager or American Classic. (which of course, have less than 28 spokes, and spokes in pairs, and nipples on the wrong end of the spokes, and straight pull spokes, and black spokes, etc...)
-The word "Trek" on the downtube.
-Brittle imported mass produced Carbon Fiber garbage made by folks not afforded a living wage.
-The word "Trek" on the downtube.
-Heavy, overly styled, non-functional imported Hydro-formed frames made by folks not afforded a living wage.
-The word "Trek" on the downtube.
-Tubeless!?
-The word "Trek" on the downtube.
-The new Spooky. Are you kidding me? You're still not faster than my mom. Junk. Might as well have "Trek" on the downtube...

4 comments:

Steve Reed said...

You know, I'm not sure I have such strong opinions about anything, except possibly abortion and the death penalty.

utahDOG! said...

Bad thinking and even worse decision making are all the same. Just a matter of Scale and Perspective.

Caroline said...

I feel that this post is directed at me.

Paul signed in as Caroline

utahDOG! said...

not at all...TREK BOY!