In a neighborhood where I once lived, there was a "high concept" bicycle shop.
Perhaps that tells you something about the neighborhood. As far as I could tell, though, "high concept" meant there wasn't much there but the intent of the owners. They didn't have the space to stock lots of high-quality (or merely expensive) bikes and equipment, but you were supposed to know somehow that such stuff would be there if the owners had the wherewithal for it.
It was sort of like conceptual art, I guess: The owner's intent, like the artist's, was more important than the product--if indeed there was one. That might've been the reason why the shop stayed in business for a few years before the dot-com bubble burst just after the turn of the century/milennium.
This picture got me to thinking about that place:
Are those conceptual or high-concept wheels?
Perhaps that tells you something about the neighborhood. As far as I could tell, though, "high concept" meant there wasn't much there but the intent of the owners. They didn't have the space to stock lots of high-quality (or merely expensive) bikes and equipment, but you were supposed to know somehow that such stuff would be there if the owners had the wherewithal for it.
It was sort of like conceptual art, I guess: The owner's intent, like the artist's, was more important than the product--if indeed there was one. That might've been the reason why the shop stayed in business for a few years before the dot-com bubble burst just after the turn of the century/milennium.
This picture got me to thinking about that place:
Are those conceptual or high-concept wheels?
