Re: [CR]Masi mojo: Objective or Subjective?

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To: louiss@gate.net
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 19:49:12 -0500
Subject: Re: [CR]Masi mojo: Objective or Subjective?
From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

snipped: louiss@gate.net> writes, "...The truly interesting thing is that this "mojo" is still what sells bicycles today. Call it mystique, p.r., marketing, or whatever, people want to believe there is something special about what they ride. It is really mostly a fraud, of course, but people believe what they want to believe."

i'm not sure i understand the use of the word 'fraud'. to take this literally, one might extrapolate that everything we buy is similarly 'not what it is purported to be'. if people believe what they want to believe, what is it that they <should> believe? e-RICHIE (french lessons a'coming...) Richard Sachs Cycles No.9, North Main Street Chester, CT 06412 USA http://www.richardsachs.com Tel. 860.526.2059

On Mon, 03 Feb 2003 18:53:38 -0500 (EST) "Louis Schulman" <louiss@gate.net> writes:
> Most any form of collecting represents some form of emotional
> attachment, quite apart from objective criteria.
>
> There is another news list, quite like this one, with very similar
> discussions. There are discussions of the merits of different
> philosophies of preservation and use, the historical significance
> of
> makes, technological artistry, etc. The only difference is that
> the
> subject is vintage COMPUTERS. Yep, go figure.
>
> I am attached to English bicycles, because that was what was
> available
> when I became interested in cycling in the 60's. I have a
> Holdsworth
> because that is what the local pro shop sold, though I couldn't
> afford
> one.
>
> The truly interesting thing is that this "mojo" is still what sells
> bicycles today. Call it mystique, p.r., marketing, or whatever,
> people
> want to believe there is something special about what they ride. It
> is
> really mostly a fraud, of course, but people believe what they want
> to
> believe.
>
> On Sun, 2 Feb 2003 22:56:34 -0500, Richard M Sachs wrote:
>
> #was the bicycle industry equivilant of fashion's 'haute couture';
> #the irreplaceable petite mains (manes?), 'little hands', doing all
>
> petits mains (your French grammar needs some work).
>
> Louis Schulman
> Tampa, Florida (where it was a very pleasant 74 degrees today)