My, oh my... I recently received some comments about a few posts that I wrote over a year ago. The title of the post is ‘Slammin Cadillac Doors’. The comment said that they didn’t understand why I was so outraged by the way the manufacturer of the Cadillac Brand of bicycles was disrespecting the Cadillac brand. This particular manufacturer owns the license to produce these bicycles and if I remember right, this manufacturer’s core discipline isn’t even bicycles, BUT TOYS! Now, I am not saying that a toy manufacturer shouldn’t produce bicycles because truth be told, the Cadillac Bicycles aren’t any better or worse than the rest of the Cruisers I have seen out there. I will not rehash that post because I said what I said and I do believe when anyone repeats themselves for the sake of proving their argument. What they are really saying is they do not respect other’s right to disagree with them. Whether you repeat something 2 times or 10 times, a person has the right to disagree with your point of view. You can’t force anyone to accept your point of view, just press your case and leave it alone!

The title of this post, “I feel really bad for you… I really do” specifically addresses one of my readers who wrote me and said “I don’t see what the issue is, it is just a bike!” Writer, I do respect your right to believe that I bicycle is just a bicycle. But one thing I know about you is that you have definitely forgotten what a bicycle meant to you as a child. Bicycles are something deeply personal to children who enjoy riding them and many adults who have never lost their love for bicycling! Close your eyes and remember the days you spent with your friends from the old neighborhood or school riding around, racing, getting into trouble, polishing your bicycle, getting mad when someone knocked it over, or the devastation you felt IF your bicycle was stolen. This may not be as true today because I do believe bicycles aren’t as important to youngsters today as they seem to have become more of an indoor crowd. This is a direct result of the advent and popularity of Home Video Gaming Systems, Home Computers, Cell Phones (texting), etc. While bicycle riding isn’t near as important to me as it once was, what is important to me is that those who still enjoy riding are provided with the choice between what is out there now, or something their speaks more to their lifestyles.My particular consumer happens to be from the inner-city. But there are other crowds like the Fixed Gear crowd, beach cruiser crowd, Road Bike crowd, BMX-Dirt Bike-Skater crowd and many others. I will not ask you to retract or take back your statement, but I will ask you to just take a few minutes, get somewhere where you are able to be alone, close your eyes and remember the old days in the place where you were a child-teen. You must have had friends, no? IF any of that time was spent riding bicycles together, laughing and clowning, understand that to many of us although no longer children, hold onto those memories and thereby (unlike you) have never forgotten what it was once like to be free, without a care in the world, and guess what? Our bicycles had a lot to do with that…Remember….just try and remember.

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I have long known that Cadillac was producing a bicycle. However, until now I just wasn’t motivated nor was I intentional in seeking them out so I could have a look at their designs. I finally ran across them, and well, let me just say I would LOVE to design a line a bicycles for Cadillac that are worthy of the brand name. We all remember back in the day when Caddys were the thing to own! Well, at least where I come from they were the hit. The brand has definitely lost ground to Lexus, Benz, BMW and others since the late 1980’s, nevertheless Cadillacs are still around, albeit with less nostalgia than in years gone by.


I will be the 1st to admit that I was the biggest Cadillac fan in the world. I even bought a book about Caddys when I was in the Marine Corps. This book featured Cadillac designs from 1900 until 1990. I poured over this book hundreds of times reading and reading the same information because, well, I love Caddy's. For those of you who don't know, my DREAM CAR is a 1975 2-Door, cherry red, Cadillac Coupe De Ville with not more than 30,000 original miles on it with a monster 500 Cubic inch engine. 0-60 Miles per hour in 2 minutes or more! I might even be inclined to demonstrate what is known where I come from as a 'Cadillac Turn'.

I was such a Cadillac fan that I built my Pee-Wee Herman back in the 1980’s and put Cadillac effect (in the form of hood ornament) on my bike. I acquired (although I am ashamed to tell you how) a Cadillac Hood Ornament back then, punched a hole in my front chrome fender, stuck the bottom tip of this emblem in that hole and secured it there with a small piece of hanger. BAM! That bike was cold yall! With all of this in mind, I was sorely disappointed with Cadillac’s offering of bicycles pictured with this article. Now, yall know by now, if a design is HOOTTT, I will say so (remember Nuvinci? BRATZ). But if it is garbage, I feel forced to say that also. These bikes would normally be ok, but since they bare the name of Cadillac, which means they should be some ‘Other Level’ stuff, they are, to put it mildly WEAK!

I almost feel like contacting them and asking for the privilege of redesigning these bicycles that carry this legendary brand name. Please don’t think that I believe most bicycles aren’t HOOOTTT because I didn’t design them. That kind of arrogance eludes me, your fearless blogger. I don’t have the ‘Corner on the market’ of cold blooded bicycle design, although when it comes to Urban Funk as I understand it, you would be hard pressed to find a visionary equal to me :)

I believe this so blindly that Sister Dale. my wife, said something to me the other day that just never occurred to me. She said "Baby, everybody won't like all of your designs because some of them are OUT THERE (she means beyond most people's understanding)". I said "Really?" Anyone with a contact at Cadillac, email me so we can correct this miscarriage of bicycle design justice!

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