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Sorry, i wasn't thinking of you when i wrote my first post, i was amazed i missed it altogether if i'm honest, i couldn't believe how well it has been kept when i saw your post, i genuinely felt like id missed the trick.
It did go for more money than i would have expected for sure, but with that said, if you look at the selling price of the equivalent Specialized of the same era in a similar condition, it actually is cheap even at the winning bid. Essentially its the British version of it in my eyes, and i genuinely think its, our most significant mass produced model of that time to the English Market, like the Specialized was to the U.S market.
I guess the main difference is the American market recognize its history and covet it, where we always seem to lack the same conviction and value in our history.
This may come down to the age old argument that the Americans did invent the mountain bike. (or not dependent on who your talking too.) but we certainly don't record and recognize half of the achievements we have made nor our contributions to the industry of the time or it as a sport. If we did, our archives would be full,
Edit.
I guess the above is little more than a belief due to growing up with the mountain bike (like most of us ) and spending an age around it, and why i was gutted when Charlies kickstarter project didn't get going.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/12 ... cy-project
Charlie has decades of history, a treasure trove, an arc of the mountain bike covenant, all stored away, he didn't just save it, he wrote it, spoke it, lived it.
Every time i pick up a UK mag there's a contribution in it from Charlie Kelly. I honestly think, that if the target could have been achieved and those archives opened up, it would feed the interest in what now really is starting to feel like our (dare i say it) "Scene", is on a slow down.
The information, history, facts, files, stories, pictures, if could be digitized recorded, not only would it be amazing, im sure would kickstart and whole new wave of interest, a resurgence of interest here for sure, even add another new/aspect to our sport and industry. Especially here in the UK.
doctor-bond":2pmuytks said:Well said. I wish I'd had the courage of my convictions and bid a bit higher.
Sorry, i wasn't thinking of you when i wrote my first post, i was amazed i missed it altogether if i'm honest, i couldn't believe how well it has been kept when i saw your post, i genuinely felt like id missed the trick.
It did go for more money than i would have expected for sure, but with that said, if you look at the selling price of the equivalent Specialized of the same era in a similar condition, it actually is cheap even at the winning bid. Essentially its the British version of it in my eyes, and i genuinely think its, our most significant mass produced model of that time to the English Market, like the Specialized was to the U.S market.
I guess the main difference is the American market recognize its history and covet it, where we always seem to lack the same conviction and value in our history.
This may come down to the age old argument that the Americans did invent the mountain bike. (or not dependent on who your talking too.) but we certainly don't record and recognize half of the achievements we have made nor our contributions to the industry of the time or it as a sport. If we did, our archives would be full,
Edit.
I guess the above is little more than a belief due to growing up with the mountain bike (like most of us ) and spending an age around it, and why i was gutted when Charlies kickstarter project didn't get going.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/12 ... cy-project
Charlie has decades of history, a treasure trove, an arc of the mountain bike covenant, all stored away, he didn't just save it, he wrote it, spoke it, lived it.
Every time i pick up a UK mag there's a contribution in it from Charlie Kelly. I honestly think, that if the target could have been achieved and those archives opened up, it would feed the interest in what now really is starting to feel like our (dare i say it) "Scene", is on a slow down.
The information, history, facts, files, stories, pictures, if could be digitized recorded, not only would it be amazing, im sure would kickstart and whole new wave of interest, a resurgence of interest here for sure, even add another new/aspect to our sport and industry. Especially here in the UK.
