[CR]Is a functional bike with no asthetic as nice as a hand built bike as artwork?

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Ideale)

From: <Wornoutguy@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 15:01:45 EST
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Is a functional bike with no asthetic as nice as a hand built bike as artwork?

If I am building bikes for people to move around in China and the needs are for it to be sturdy, reliable and cheap does my finished product have less merit than my next example

If I am a pro racer and I am trying to win for the sake of my career then I want the lightest most functional bike that I or my team can afford. Is this bike less worthy than a hand made work of art.

If I am an old guy who doesn't ride much anymore who can pay almost any price for the bike of my dreams and I contract a hand made bike to my and the builders specifications is this bike better then the bikes above?????

Just a thought; I like bikes because they are fun they were fun when I had my first department store bike with training wheels as a child, they were fun when I had a Schwinn Krate they were fun when I got a 10 speed, they are all fun (they all give you that smile to go ridding down the road with) I like bikes because they make me feel fast and free

Sam DiBartolomeo
Riverside CA