Hi everyone, hope the weekend is off to a terrific start.
Yesterday I shared a conversation with @Canuck Panda and @cbez about an older model RMC HD Double Riders - thank you both again - and then it dawned on me last night that I feel a bit scattered with the overall jacket hunt. And this is particularly true given the fact that just the day prior to that I had posted my interest in buying a ELMC Roadstar (thank you @MrProper for the inspiration on that via your photos).
What am I doing?
I feel like I'm just jumping from one cool, shiny thing to the next with scant thought about direction.
In reality, I'm on the specific hunt for one of three pieces that I would buy right now if I could find a good example at the right price - RMC Psycho Cycle, RMC Diamondbuck, ELMC Roadstar (all size 36) - but I've budgeted for a single purchase, so it needs to be right.
I like things on the more unusual side, so stripes, stars, diamond patterns, etc are always cool to me, and the Walnut Roadstar with the dark snaps, brown zipper tape, and stainless hardware is also kinda inside baseball and not something I see a lot of.
And I'm mindful of cuts as well.
I have experience with RMC and Y'2, which both fit me in a way that I like, but I'm aware that there are just some manufacturers I may not get to wear given their patterns. Freewheelers comes to mind - if I make them fit in the shoulders they don't fit the body, and vice versa.
My challenge, however, is that I just really enjoy poking around looking at different jackets and seeing photos of how everyone wears their pieces, and then things catch my eye, and then I get sidetracked from the orginal hunt and I'm off contemplating something entirely different.
Am I the only one who does this?
I'm interested to hear of people's searches and if you are a focused hunter - looking and waiting for a single piece - or if you hunt in opportunistic fashion and make purchases as things strike your fancy.
If money were no concern, I still think I would personally favour a more focused approach, but I don't know. If money was no object I'd probably own a giraffe and a helicopter, too, so take that with a grain of salt.
Looking forward to your thoughts, thanks much everyone.
CG
Yesterday I shared a conversation with @Canuck Panda and @cbez about an older model RMC HD Double Riders - thank you both again - and then it dawned on me last night that I feel a bit scattered with the overall jacket hunt. And this is particularly true given the fact that just the day prior to that I had posted my interest in buying a ELMC Roadstar (thank you @MrProper for the inspiration on that via your photos).
What am I doing?
I feel like I'm just jumping from one cool, shiny thing to the next with scant thought about direction.
In reality, I'm on the specific hunt for one of three pieces that I would buy right now if I could find a good example at the right price - RMC Psycho Cycle, RMC Diamondbuck, ELMC Roadstar (all size 36) - but I've budgeted for a single purchase, so it needs to be right.
I like things on the more unusual side, so stripes, stars, diamond patterns, etc are always cool to me, and the Walnut Roadstar with the dark snaps, brown zipper tape, and stainless hardware is also kinda inside baseball and not something I see a lot of.
And I'm mindful of cuts as well.
I have experience with RMC and Y'2, which both fit me in a way that I like, but I'm aware that there are just some manufacturers I may not get to wear given their patterns. Freewheelers comes to mind - if I make them fit in the shoulders they don't fit the body, and vice versa.
My challenge, however, is that I just really enjoy poking around looking at different jackets and seeing photos of how everyone wears their pieces, and then things catch my eye, and then I get sidetracked from the orginal hunt and I'm off contemplating something entirely different.
Am I the only one who does this?
I'm interested to hear of people's searches and if you are a focused hunter - looking and waiting for a single piece - or if you hunt in opportunistic fashion and make purchases as things strike your fancy.
If money were no concern, I still think I would personally favour a more focused approach, but I don't know. If money was no object I'd probably own a giraffe and a helicopter, too, so take that with a grain of salt.
Looking forward to your thoughts, thanks much everyone.
CG