tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443929421065161561.post4121609800203051601..comments2023-03-27T08:57:57.883-05:00Comments on A Sort of Homecoming: The Aesthetics of Hand-Built Bicycle WheelsE.O'B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11316648414289173668noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443929421065161561.post-60429788876896391872012-01-28T13:15:27.600-06:002012-01-28T13:15:27.600-06:00Vaughn, the analogy works: would one rather eat he...Vaughn, the analogy works: would one rather eat heirloom tomatoes grown by a buddy or GMO tomatoes grown under the same conditions? I know Mike will claim a tomato's a tomato, but in localist ideology, the origin of the thing is just as important as the making / growing of the thing. <br /><br />Thanks, Vaughn.E.O'B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11316648414289173668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443929421065161561.post-82050372950372567812012-01-28T10:42:58.695-06:002012-01-28T10:42:58.695-06:00Not hating but after the talk about handmade, loca...Not hating but after the talk about handmade, local, this and that and the other it's too bad the rim pictured is mass produced, procured by a company that doesn't do its own R&D or manufacturing. All for show. Want a wide box section clincher? Look at HED. Want a fancy valve badge and pretend you're at P-R? Get the real Nemesis. Want 'Merican? Buy Velocity in a few months. I realize you're discussing the process of the build so you're going to tell me I missed the point, I haven't. I just hate all the shit produced now because Rapha decided to wax poetic about wool shorts, steel, and heavy wheels. I feel this article is appropriate for the current state of the cycling marketing machine: http://www.velocipedesalon.com/forum/content/fear-belgian-planet-7/<br />/End rant.vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060724275171168767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443929421065161561.post-12041050299604150862012-01-27T16:12:47.334-06:002012-01-27T16:12:47.334-06:00Reads like an out take from the cyclists' vers...Reads like an out take from the cyclists' version of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.Rain Dog Diaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07812291683015659453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443929421065161561.post-45559300177370505232012-01-26T16:00:21.495-06:002012-01-26T16:00:21.495-06:00Mike, if I was in Japan (or China or Taiwan) and c...Mike, if I was in Japan (or China or Taiwan) and could watch stuff get made by someone I could talk to, I'd feel the same way. It's not about the bike (gasp!) but the ways in which the process creates relationships. Hence the idea of "process." Artisanship vs. manufacturing may not produce different bikes, but it may change one's relationship to them....which is a subjective thing, to be sure.E.O'B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11316648414289173668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443929421065161561.post-84226056512226369682012-01-26T15:43:20.667-06:002012-01-26T15:43:20.667-06:00Presidio is American made, pretty sure.Presidio is American made, pretty sure.Single_Speederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261535740322964263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443929421065161561.post-28849189937838870082012-01-26T14:30:44.287-06:002012-01-26T14:30:44.287-06:00Eric,
Asians have hands too.
Bikes are bikes, sor...Eric,<br />Asians have hands too.<br /><br />Bikes are bikes, sorry bud.Mike Mileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15646180244234150366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443929421065161561.post-70099895108700882562012-01-26T14:28:21.574-06:002012-01-26T14:28:21.574-06:00Fabulous post! Makes this mother even more proud t...Fabulous post! Makes this mother even more proud than I already was. Thank you for appreciating aesthetics and "The Process." Process...enjoying every moment of that process, is what makes *all* of life more meaningful.Javamomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00759860713807731832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443929421065161561.post-5889961378991029672012-01-26T14:02:36.283-06:002012-01-26T14:02:36.283-06:00Good post! I love Heidegger.Good post! I love Heidegger.j kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16873950005727779070noreply@blogger.com