Foffa Bikes

The issue has never been the fact of mistakes, which as you say are common enough in start-ups, nor even the magnitude of the mistakes. The problem his detractors have always had with Foffa is the class of error. If the product had merely been tasteless or overpriced, there might have been piss taking but not the venom which we have seen. The vilification of Foffa stems from the fact that he has put his name to bikes which nobody who was steeped in cycling would touch with a ten foot pole. While the current product seems at least to be assembled from worthy, albeit low-end, components, it was certainly not the case in the beginning, and community minded as we are we properly took the view that "Friends wouldn't let friends ride a Foffa"

If that was the case but not so much now isn't it about time the 'community minded' community cut the guy some slack? And to be honest I don't really get why it should be such a big deal that he had the 'audacity' to put his name to his bikes. I mean it's one of the oldest in the book, countless current bicycle brands are someone's surname. His early bikes were pretty shit (and this is based on anecdotal evidence) but he's listened to his critics and made an effort to turn things around. That's the right attitude.

I really do think there are a lot of people out there who don't want to see him make a success of things because they're jealous and bitter. Classic 'human' behaviour unfortunately.