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You know I love Conder (as you can see on my avatar) and my Potenza is a soldier. But their Paris frame (similar, though less expensive than this one) is another useless showpony. I'd love one because it's beautiful. I want to ride it and use it every day and wear bits of the paint off and have to change worn out parts. But when I enquired about it they said it's an 'every once and a while frame, to take out on a sunny day and so maybe have a look at a fratello' Which by the way is classy looking but mostly sort of ugly.
What the fuck is the fucking point of making bikes that your not supposed to really ride? It's the arrogant, elitist side of craftmanship. Of course we need styling in addition to function, however I quoteth the timeless classic Bad Boys:
Marcus Burnett: Hey man where-where-where's your cup holder?
Mike Lowrey: I don't have one.
Marcus Burnett: What the f- w'you mean you don't have one? Eighty thousand dollars for this car and you ain't got no damn cup holder?
Mike Lowrey: It's $105,000 and this happens to be one of the fastest production cars on the planet. Zero to sixty in four seconds, sweetie. It's a limited edition.
Marcus Burnett: You damn right it's limited. No cup holder, no back seat. Just a shiny dick with two chairs in it. I guess we the balls just draggin' the fuck along.