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  • Dani, you need to stop seeking approval from this community because you ain't gonna get it. And here's why: You contribute fuck all to cycling and yet you expect to make a profit from it. And people find that unpalatable.

    And when you don't contribute, when you don't do anything new, your products have very limited appeal, so you can only make money by selling them to people who don't know any better. This is also unpalatable.

    You're not the only one who does this. In fact, every company does this to some extent, but this is literally the only thing you do. This is your entire business model. And it's shit. Really shit. Well done on selling those two 3k bikes by the way, that's two people who could be riding BMCs that are now riding Foff-pipe. You must be very proud.

    You seem completely confounded that you come off unfavourably when compared to someone like H Plus Son, but H Plus Son actually contributes something. They sponsor riders, their designs are innovative and their quality is exceptional. They didn't reinvent the wheel, but they stepped up with a strong product when there were few decent alternatives. And now they're a respected brand that pulls in decent money. That's how it's supposed to work. Can you not see the difference between this and Foffa trundling up four years after the fact saying 'I do a cheap version of that, where's my money?'

    We're not buying it.

    And the thing is, if you were up front about what you do, admitted that you make a inferior product to exploit a market boom, then you might be alright. But instead, you come on here as if you're a cyclist, an actual bike enthusiast, and you ask us to salute your shitty BSOs, as if you've done anything that Create weren't doing half a decade ago. I sometimes wonder why you do it. Maybe it's a matter of principal for you? Or maybe, just maybe, it has something to do with that fourth result on Google...

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