Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Shadow Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Thoughts on industrial design Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:04:37 -0300 Organization: A noiseless patient Shadow Lines: 48 Message-ID: References: <46001kphubacjqt5mf8ttmfa1igp58v4mf@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 23:04:43 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="bcd68596bb49b3449d3fb550e9d55bc8"; logging-data="2805762"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19eBoinHzyJqppdAK/lFm/A2ia7wH0Byu0=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:sSLX0kc79bVmXIjYWYIDOM2iGX8= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:07:36 -0500, AMuzi wrote: >On 4/29/2025 2:27 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote: >> On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:57:53 -0500, AMuzi wrote: >> >>> On 4/29/2025 11:11 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote: >>>> On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 07:04:10 -0400, Catrike Ryder >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> https://mydoctor.kaiserpermanente.org/mas/Images/thumbnail_large_Bike%20Helmet_tcm88-1757243.jpg >>>> >>>> A helmet like this would be better: >>>> >> >>> Dorky headgear but a sharp looking bicycle! >> >> The bicycle looks something like a Flying Pigeon: >> >> >> 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: >> >> >> >> >> > >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 The Flying Pigeon looks very much like my Caloi from the 70's. Right down to those unsafe brakes, 28" tires and strong carry rack at the back(put a wife, a child and shopping on it and it'll still go). Though I stopped riding it in 2014, it still works.... The only thing the Caloi does not have is a chainguard. Mine did not have a double top-bar. Caloi dropped them in the 60's, but Monarks carried on until the 80's (Monark Barra Dupla) []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 Google Fuchsia - 2021