Being Fair to you and your point, I agree. Im confident the majority of Ex-Trade and professionals from the industry dont spend time on forums, sure there are the odd few, Charlie Kelly, Joe Breeze etc, and there are others, but they aren't big posters who spend time on forums, and I understand why fully.
it also stands to reason, if you wanna find someone that you have never had cause to meet in your business or personal life, the ONLY way to do it, is through social media. Face book being the main culprit, I cant comment on the Face book being a Cluster fcuk, as I have no reason to use it, I think the global connection comment is what Mark Zuckerberg's intention was all those years ago, and it works for now.
I think before we get all excited about the marvel of facebook et al, and the wonder of its connect ability, and deem this forum little more than a dusty old library, we ought not to forget, when Kona needed copies of there TBG decals, and indeed they saw the proofs of the TBG, Merlin Titanium decals where did they come to get them. Retrobike.
Also when you requested adverts for Kona spanning decades (whether they where actually what you needed I dont know)…………. you came here...!
Google, now this I find a great resource, if I want to find an Orange Formula, or a Roberts Stratos, or a pair of tyres for a Marin Pine Mountain, or even a plastic wheel disc for a muddy fox, or im struggling to find information on a far east frame with no name, Google and Google images is perhaps the first stop.
The irony here is, without exception, the majority of the information ALWAYS leads me to Retrobike, whether it be an image, an advert, a revue, a build thread or a simple comment, Retrobike is there, and at the top of the list.
I think our mistake is not adding information as often as we should, you and I are both at fault here, had we thought to upload the 20+ Kona adverts and indeed the Kona TBG artwork, when the next person does there google search, where would they be brought...……………..RETROBIKE.
