And then there is always the dreaded Adult Onset QFS. How embarrassing to admit that when you were 13 you actually jonesed for a Fuji Finest....which although the name ends in a vowel is unlike all those other well healed 'ending in vowel' brands. Its a good thing I have lights...too embarrassed to ride most of my meager collection in the daylight.
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 6:48 PM, John Hurley <JHurley@jdabrams.com> wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
> This is it. My illusions are shattered. I've known all along it would
> come to this. Even as a kid I vaguely sensed the first faint warning
> signs of Quality Fatigue Syndrome. What started with the simple joy of
> bicycling soon became a desire for a "better bike". How much money
> would I need? A visit to the local bike shops revealed the answer:
> "just a little bit more". After more washing dishes and bussing tables
> and saving money, I had enough to buy the Better-Quality Bicycle. I was
> thrilled to have a bike that was so light, so well-made, and so fun to
> ride.
>
> But as time passed, and I read more books and magazines on bicycling,
> Quality Fatigue Syndrome really set in. It seemed no matter how good
> your bike, no matter how well-suited to your purpose, there were always
> better bikes out there, and beyond those, even better ones, and so on.
> It is now abundantly clear that even the kindly souls on the CR list
> find little to love in the "production-run" bikes that were the
> high-water-mark classics of my youth. Really, it was a shame so many
> good sets of 531 tubing were wasted on such shoddy mass-produced
> consumer goods.
>
> Well, I can't take any more. Quality Fatigue Syndrome and the
> inevitable deep depression that accompanies it have finally driven me
> over the edge. Tonight I'm taking my PX-10 out in the driveway where I
> can run over it several times with the pickup truck. Then I'm going to
> end it all. I'm going to bid high on the most expensive Masi or Colnago
> I can find on eBay, having first made sure to leave a loaded revolver on
> my wife's nightstand. That ought to do it. Goodbye, cruel world.
>
> John Hurley
> Austin, Texas, USA
>
>
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