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From: Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: Thoughts on industrial design
Date: 30 Apr 2025 15:31:16 GMT
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Radey Shouman <shouman@comcast.net> wrote:
> Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> writes:
> 
>> On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:52:43 -0400, Radey Shouman
>> <shouman@comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> writes:
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:57:53 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 4/29/2025 11:11 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 07:04:10 -0400, Catrike Ryder
>>>>>> <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> https://mydoctor.kaiserpermanente.org/mas/Images/thumbnail_large_Bike%20Helmet_tcm88-1757243.jpg
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> A helmet like this would be better:
>>>>>> <https://www.learnbydestroying.com/jeffl/pics/bicycles/oddities/helmet.jpg>
>>>> 
>>>>> Dorky headgear but a sharp looking bicycle!
>>>> 
>>>> The bicycle looks something like a Flying Pigeon:
>>>> <https://www.google.com/search?q=Flying%20Pigeon%20bicycle%20double%20top%20tube&udm=2>
>>>> 
>>>> The helmet looks like an improvised wheelbarrow conversion.  I can't
>>>> tell from the photo, but there might some padding on top of the riders
>>>> head and perhaps a chin strap.  Notice the forward facing pneumatic
>>>> shock absorber (rubber wheel), which will provide additional head
>>>> protection against the rider flying over the handlebars.  The white
>>>> thobe is both practical and fashionable riding attire in some parts of
>>>> the planet:
>>>> <https://al-aniq.com/significance-of-white-thobes/>
>>> 
>>> Not a thobe -- two parts, trousers.  He's wearing a shalwar kameez,
>>> perhaps in Pakistan or Afghanistan.
>> 
>> Thanks.  That seems correct.  (I'm obviously not an expert on Muslim
>> fashions):
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalwar_kameez>
>> "Shalwars have been traditionally worn in a wide region which includes
>> Eastern Europe, West Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia. The kameez is
>> a long shirt or tunic."
>> 
>> Southern Asia includes Pakistan and Afghanistan:
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia>
>> 
>> However, I believe it is acceptable to wear a thobe over pants:
>> <https://www.google.com/search?q=two%20piece%20thobe&udm=2>
> 
> Those pictures do not look like what is called a "thobe" on the Arabian
> peninsula, which falls to close to the ankles, more or less.  Perhaps
> "thobe" has multiple meanings in different countries, like "jumper" has
> in English.
> 

Language has that quality, even if it nominally is the same language, Welsh
Now just means yup I’ve heard you it’s on my list!

Roger Merriman