Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Catrike Rider Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Patching TPU innertube Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 12:21:58 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <87h66it8m4.fsf@mothra.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> <87ed1m3uqp.fsf@mothra.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 18:22:01 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4b7fdd54fb30109bc994bbf2647aabdf"; logging-data="16156"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18ZwfTjX9fG/I9uADSnOAZsfUJif0ZwQxk=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:WqbZzbqo2rV6DTMS0gyrr1x5iLA= Bytes: 3069 On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 11:39:50 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: >On 1/3/2025 9:12 AM, AMuzi wrote: >> >> I suspect that individual expectation and taste affect other purchases. >> For another example, I bought my first Corvair impulsively. I wasn't >> looking for a car and the seller was short of cash. I took to the >> handling and road feel right away, before I knew much of the Corvair >> platform's features and foibles. >My purchase of my Corsa went the opposite way. As an engineering student >interested in cars, I was very happy that American automotive industry >had finally done something more interesting and creative than "engine in >front, solid axle rear." And I liked the looks of the 2nd generation >Corvairs. > >When I could finally afford to buy a car, I actually looked for some >used European sports car, but I couldn't find one that was not rusted >out or otherwise in bad shape. I did find a good Corvair, and was very >happy with my choice. > >But regarding "feel," the Corsa was as different from other Detroit >offerings as your Pogliaghi was from a Schwinn single speed cruiser. As >I've tried (and tried!) to make clear, most of my remarks have been >about people judging between two products that are quite similar. I bought a new new '66' Corvair Monza coup. A friend let me drive his Porche 911. I was very impressed, but I couldn't afford a 911, and frankly, the Corvair was better looking than the early 911s. I traded it when I decided I needed a pickup truck. I don't know how anyone gets along without a pickup truck or a van.