I don't have a problem, as such, with GQ's so much as the pointless mindset that dictates they not be ridden on the one hand, or not ridden enough on the other...
...my blue
Kili Wot is built around an unridden frame, with lots of new or NOS parts, as well as some nice used parts; not everyone's cup of tea, or their idea of a GQ but with the number of bikes I have (all keepers incidentally, not future For Sale threads...) and the amount of riding I do it could quite easily qualify
Not only that but I don't have the slightest inclination to take any of my bikes hundreds of miles by car only to drag them through a bog in torrential rain of Biblical proportions!
I'm 52, not 25! :roll:
I did all that when I was young enough to not give a stuff; when you've slept under a hedge for a week at a time on a regular basis it kind of puts things into perspective...
...doesn't mean I'd want to do it now though!
I love my bikes but they are built for my, not everyone elses, approval and enjoyment; there isn't a bike on the Forum I would swap my custom Kili for but I doubt I'll ever enter it in BoTM because not everyone shares my particular points of view where various aspects of our 'hobby' are concerned; it is rarely the 'best looking' bike that wins...
...but that's the one I check the box for every time, irrespective of regularity of use