Well, the only thing that should've thrown anybody was the last line or two...the rest...easy. Still, it was written at 3am. The "take-home" content is "Normal Jean." G
On Apr 6, 12:18 pm, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > An unusually incoherent post from Grant, > here:http://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news_post/346 > > I know the feeling: sleep deprivation (add a shot or two of cheap > Bourbon to enlarge the effect). > > But: worth reading: the message is good if not always clear: priddy is > good but don't get carried away. > > Two excerpts: > > A bag that weighs more empty than the contents it carries is quite a > bag. A rack that shows off its beauty and never covers itself with a > bag or basket is quite a rack. A bike and every part on it should > ("shoulds" are OK now and then, no matter what they told you in the > late '70s) serve a function. That doesn't mean they shouldn't do it > nicely, or artifully, or even beautifully. I would say the best (value > judgement time!) do that, and 'm not the arbiter of taste, but I'm all > for it beaunction. I want to coin b-words. > > A bike should look only so fancy. There's a line. It's easy to cross > it. Bikes that win awards at bike shows often cross my personal line, > but not the lines of the judges. It's kind of a Normal Jean or Marilyn > Monroe? thing. I meant Norma, but normal works. I believe more in > muscle memory than in the subconscious. The one that's easier to prove > gets my vote. > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
