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Only after we've had a further 40 pages of debate on whether your executive summary is a fair reflection of the views of the committee. And as a Foffa sponsored rider, we're hardly going to accept your version, are we?
Just accept the facts:
1: LFGSS doesn't owe Dani Foffa anything. If he has cause for action, I'm sure the site admin will be responsive to legitimate comments from Foffa's lawyers, but I don't recall anything here which wouldn't be covered by the defence of fair comment.
2: LFGSS doesn't rule the world, it's a small forum serving a niche in a minority pastime. Google "x sucks" (e.g. Trek) and you'll find much more vitriolic criticism of every brand of product and every person of note, yet those brands survive and thrive.
3: You have already done enough damage to your credibility, further censorship will only make things worse.
If people can't be arsed to read the whole thread, more fool them, but since all the early vitriol was about the "restored" "vintage" bikes, I don't see any need to change anything. All shop conversions will be overpriced and/or poor quality compared with what any noob with access to the wisdom of LFGSS could do at home. The reception of the Foffa house-brand frames has been reasonably positive, based on the paper specs issued thus far, and if they turn out to be any good in the flesh I'd expect them to start turning up in current projects, where prospective buyers will be able to get a far more informed assessment of current Foffa product than this thread provides.