Well it seems right and left coast agree here. A bike shop manager in Concord, CA once told me "The best bike in the world is the one that gets ridden the most". I may not choose to ride my best bike in the rain but I do not collect them to stare at them either.
If youse want a wall hanger, get a picture of Lance or a plasma screen TV with a bicycle screensaver. If I don't want to ride it, I won't buy it. No right opinion here either, just opinions.
Mike Schmidt
Stirling, NJ
> Here is a So Cali perspective. We don't whether the bike will be burned
up
> in a fire, buried in a landslide or broken by earthquake. Life is wayyyy
to
> short to be a wall hanger so I choose to ride em! Oh BTW we had a
tsunami
> warning last night...just another day in the life of So Cal.
>
> PS: George save the bike for your Daughter..and let her put the nick in
the
> paint you'll be glad you did.
>
>
> Jack (What's next) Gabus
> Laguna Beach, CA
> jack@shermangabus.com