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From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org>
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Subject: Re: Thoughts on industrial design
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:07:36 -0500
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On 4/29/2025 2:27 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> 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/>
> 
> 
> 
> 

Flying Pigeons are crap, a mockery of an actual Raleigh DL-1:

https://www.dominicwinter.co.uk/Auction/Lot/601-raleigh-gentlemans-roadster/?lot=162879&sd=1

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Andrew Muzi
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Open every day since 1 April, 1971