To Dub or Not to Dub

As all of you know, I am constantly searching for ‘Excitement’ in bicycle design. I am still freaked out from the last blog post I wrote about ‘The Nuvinci’. I want to present something to you all that I have briefly commented on last year sometime. The subject that I am speaking of is ‘Spinner Rims’ on bicycles. Many of you may not know this, but I am conservative by nature and Spinners and Dubs are a little over the top for my taste! Nevertheless, for anyone to grow personally they must sometimes put aside there personal hang ups to experience new things. I am not saying that any of you need to put aside your personal belief in GOD to experience things that are wrong for ‘Experience’ sake or put aside your personal belief that drugs are wrong just for ‘Experience’ of it. These things are destructive.

What I am saying is that you have to expand into new territories to experience growth in many areas of your life. I am at this very crossroads right now. It is my belief that the very essence of what ‘DUBS’ and ‘Spinner’ rims (pictured here) are goes against my very basic belief of ‘Elegance’ in bicycle design. DUBS and Spinners serve one function and one function only- TO SHOW OFF! There in lies my struggle. The Urban Mindset I have often spoken of is about ‘Flash’ and ‘The Show’. I have even commented on this blog that one function of my designs is for youth and kids to be on Marshall Taylor RYDZ and for my designs to be SOOO HOTTTT other kids say ‘Dang that tight!’ I am also aware of the very real fact that sometimes ‘More is just that, more.’ To put these types of rims on bicycles, in my final analysis crosses the line between ‘Showing off’ and ‘Frontin’. Frontin is the act of pretending to be and have more than you do and in the process, look STUPID! You know people like that I am sure. People who were Frolex Watches (Fake Rolexs) or the ever present wearers of Cubic Zirconium.

There are people who would rather have a 2 Carat ‘Cubic’ than 1\4 Carat real diamond. It is all about appearances! This is one time readers where your fearless blogger, me, doesn’t have a firm opinion. Therefore, I am reaching out to all of you. At the bottom of this column, there is an envelope. Click on it and leave me your opinions. I need all of you to set me straight. Hurry!

Visit Bike Dubz at http://www.bikedubz.com/ and check out thier version of Spinners and Dubs.