Re: [CR]Original vs. Replica - Collector vs Rider

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

From: <Huemax@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 18:27:42 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]Original vs. Replica - Collector vs Rider
To: richardsachs@juno.com, QYP02710@nifty.com
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

In a message dated 4/25/03 4:48:54 PM, richardsachs@juno.com writes:

<< kenji what you write makes perfect sense. thank you for adding much needed clarity to this discussion. e-RICHIE chester, ct

snipped: kenji fusejima <QYP02710@nifty.com> writes: " It is only my thought. I think that collecting bike is different hobby from riding bike. I am not able to judge no-riding enthusiasts by reason of that they does not ride a bike. Do correspondence mania blame a stamp collector? Although both are the hobbies using a stamp, both are the hobbies of a different genre."

Yes, he has great interpretation I have to agree 100% too, a GUN collector is NOT necessarly a great shooter, a COIN collector is not necesarly cash-rich money collector!

I met a lot of CAMERA collectors who were NOT necessarly photographers. Object is one thing, and action is another.

KEN TODA, High Point, NC