tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773814479902729178.post1684786468013099516..comments2023-06-30T07:27:29.362-07:00Comments on can't we just get along ?: Oh,no....not another quiz ! ?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773814479902729178.post-81222687411091311092011-02-25T08:16:43.746-08:002011-02-25T08:16:43.746-08:00Ahh, all is revealed. Maybe you didn't build a...Ahh, all is revealed. Maybe you didn't build a frame but you have two victories this 'cross season and I have only one !swiggco worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06676250248559678763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773814479902729178.post-5322660047132133612011-02-25T07:55:30.749-08:002011-02-25T07:55:30.749-08:00Maybe that's best answered with a story...
34...Maybe that's best answered with a story...<br /><br />34 years ago two young bike mechanics decided to try their hands at framebuilding. Hanging in the shop where they worked, among a whole slew of high-end frames was one frame made by Bruce Gordon. Both aspiring young framebuilders spent a lot of time studying and admiring that frame. Among the Jacksons and the Hetchins and everything else THAT FRAME was the holy grail.<br /><br />Aspiring young framebuilder "A" went on to become a great framebuilder in his own right. Aspiring builder "B" never even finished his first frame and has been begging, bartering, and even buying his bikes from framebuilder "A" ever since.<br /><br />I am aspiring framebuilder "B": You are, of course, framebuilder "A".Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14865641976526473546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773814479902729178.post-65376129910730117342011-02-23T19:01:14.903-08:002011-02-23T19:01:14.903-08:00You know....that's the way it sounded to me. I...You know....that's the way it sounded to me. I was just busting your balls for no good reason. The builder is wondering who you are....for that matter , so am I !swiggco worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06676250248559678763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773814479902729178.post-24829473327852916402011-02-23T14:09:19.321-08:002011-02-23T14:09:19.321-08:00My profuse apologies.
I guess the irony in my q...My profuse apologies. <br /><br />I guess the irony in my quiz was not so obvious as I thought. It was meant as an homage to this particular framebuilder and a sarcastic comment on the personality cult that seems to place more emphasis on a slick presentation and a glib personality than on honesty and great work.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14865641976526473546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773814479902729178.post-75780383317641725482011-02-23T08:28:02.783-08:002011-02-23T08:28:02.783-08:00Aah, this is almost too mean spirited for me. O.K....Aah, this is almost too mean spirited for me. O.K. You want to play ? Here goes:<br />By posting your own quiz question you should :<br />A. Walk a mile in this builder's shoe<br />B. Maybe get to know him a little better<br />C. Start your own blog and steal the quiz idea like I did...<br />D. Understand that the business of building frames can promote antisocial behaviour.swiggco worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06676250248559678763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773814479902729178.post-41681468146546682822011-02-20T21:45:29.643-08:002011-02-20T21:45:29.643-08:00OK. This one's for one of the finest, innovat...OK. This one's for one of the finest, innovative framebuilders who ever lived and who ekes out a living somewhere not too far north of San Francisco.<br /><br />Your framebuilder has built some of the most innovative, most beautiful, and finely crafted frames in the world for over 30 years, yet the orders are entirely too few and far between.<br />A. He needs to "upscale" his marketing.<br />B. He needs to work on his "people skills."<br />C. He needs to cultivate his mystique.<br />D. He needs to sell his frames for half of what they are really worth.<br />E. Who wants to buy a frame from an old fart like that anyway?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14865641976526473546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773814479902729178.post-36796682966981931962011-02-20T20:51:05.441-08:002011-02-20T20:51:05.441-08:00Aaah, if only more people thought that way. From n...Aaah, if only more people thought that way. From now on there will be no more anonymous comments....you'll have to have a name, just like me.swiggco worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06676250248559678763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773814479902729178.post-43924329125156149722011-02-19T12:20:44.771-08:002011-02-19T12:20:44.771-08:00you sir are hysterical.you sir are hysterical.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773814479902729178.post-67503163382645863892011-02-09T10:07:52.653-08:002011-02-09T10:07:52.653-08:00I want to stop pretending to build bikes so I can ...I want to stop pretending to build bikes so I can have a reason to buy one of yoursAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773814479902729178.post-35626435009537955702011-02-08T07:45:54.336-08:002011-02-08T07:45:54.336-08:00I haven't been invited because of:
A. Personal...I haven't been invited because of:<br />A. Personality<br />B. Philosophy<br />C. My friends<br />D. This blog<br />E. Live too far south and/or west<br />F. I don't watch Jersey Shore....swiggco worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06676250248559678763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773814479902729178.post-33213734603816148462011-02-08T07:28:46.880-08:002011-02-08T07:28:46.880-08:00Paul I joined for:
D. To get together for Jersey ...Paul I joined for:<br /><br />D. To get together for Jersey Shore marathons.<br />I. So I could be given a hard time by my peers.Curtis Inglishttp://www.ingliscycles.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773814479902729178.post-34663032443283215402011-02-02T07:23:44.422-08:002011-02-02T07:23:44.422-08:00Best framebuilding blog post I've read since.....Best framebuilding blog post I've read since...everChauncey Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15477723562836120407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773814479902729178.post-67098458803187226722011-02-02T04:24:00.809-08:002011-02-02T04:24:00.809-08:00Somebody's been lurking on the Velocipede Salo...Somebody's been lurking on the Velocipede Salon forums!Peter W. Polackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01970552290444681455noreply@blogger.com