trail_head
Retro Guru
ridevintagemtb":3u3d9u5i said:trail_head":3u3d9u5i said:I feel your participation in botm, under your business name, is wrong.
To clarify: if he changed his username to "Nick," would that make you feel better? I don't mean to fight Nick's fight, but it's not like he's pulling levers from behind the curtain at TPC global headquarters. He's made it very clear that he's just Nick, a bike nut with a collection and wants to participate alongside everyone else.
Let me ask you a question, since money and elitism seem to always be an issue of discussion: if Travis' bike was offered to you free, would you not display it proudly? Or would you pass it on because your beneath owning something so historic? Your attitude reeks of hate towards members like Nick because they have the resources to bring this stuff out from garages onto the pages of retrobike and that makes zero sense to me.
I am thankful that sweet race bikes like these are out there for us to dork out over. To me, patina that comes from racing NORBA races will always win over splashing through puddles and leaving the bike to rust in some shed. But I'm an elitist I guess.
I Like Nick's involvement and enjoy his entries. I do wish his user name was something else. My personal issue is with guys who spend a ton on garage queens, Nick is not one of these guys. I'm into bike technology, old and new, Travis's bike was junk then and now so I'd take a pass on owning it.