ring ring … ring ring …
“Hi, is that Gary?”
>PAUSE< (this is an international call)
“Yes, it is”
“Gary Fisher?”
“Yes. Why?! Who is this?”
“Hi Gary, oh great. I just wanted to say that, I don’t think this whole bike design thing you pioneered works.”
“Oh. Really. And why is that?”
“Well, y’know. I’ve been riding a while now and, well, I just can’t seem to get any of my bikes to really work for me, so I can only assume it’s, well, the bikes”
“Ah. I see. So, I assume you actually rode these bikes before you bought them, or [chuckles] at least SAT on them…?!”
>CLICK< brrrrrrrrr…..