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From: Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org>
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Subject: Re: New and old story
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 07:10:23 -0400
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On Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:48:18 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
wrote:

>Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 14:36:49 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 6/12/2024 2:31 PM, Zen Cycle wrote:
>>>> On 6/12/2024 1:35 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>>>>> This caught my eye as I once started and ran a corporation 
>>>>> named Ariel. (tip o' the hat to James Starley)
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://cyclingindustry.news/auto-company-ariel-returns-to-bicycle-manufacture-after-92-years/
>>>> 
>>>> Prior to this, my only knowledge of Ariel was:
>>>> 
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v4YNkurhLk
>>>> 
>>>> "It's so quick, it can destroy your entire face"
>>>> 
>>>> And a follow-up with the V8 version
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zNPFcn3pAw
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Cool. Sort of a Lotus Super Seven for this new century.
>>> 
>>> Ariel is noted among wheelbuilders for the first 
>>> tangentially spoked wheel.
>> 
>> Nice, but I think I prefer the Lotus 7.
>> 
>> https://caterhamcars.com/us/models/the-range
>> 
>
>The 7 seems  of been a basis for number of cars, used be kit cars versions
>as well.

Indeed. I once drove one, a Blakely Bantam. It was cute and fast, but
not a Lotus 7.

>Plus lotus cars and know how being used on all sorts of cars.