On Jul 15, 3:24 am, Peter Clinch <p.j.cli...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> erness.w...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> > Bicycle types: BMX, Mountain, Street, etc
>
> > How abouta new category: "Highway"
> > because:
> > The fastest bicycle in the world is the Varna Diablo re***bent which
> > broke the official world speed record on October 6, 2001 achieving the
> > incredible speed of 80.55 mph
> > Highway bicycles would be: Cannondale, Speedmachine, Trek, Rans, etc.
> > Get rid of the name re***bent.
>
> Half right IMHO.
> I think a lot of the problem is that keen cyclists see most bikes as
> functional types: you have a city bike for the city, a touring bike for
> touring, a racing bike for racing etc. And that leaves as a "re***bent"
> as, well, something you lie back on? It's divorced from what the bike
> actually /does/, which could be city, touring, racing etc.
>
> I think it would help if "re***bent" was seen as an adjective rather
> than a plain noun. I ride a re***bent tourer. It's very different from
> a re***bent racer. You'd not get most cyclists confusing a tourer and a
> racer, but they lump re***bents all together regardless of functional
> design.
>
> Pete.
You make a lot of sence. Or a highway re***bent, a street re***bent,
an off-road re***bent, a flying re***bent, oops, that's an ultralight
re***bent. ;-)
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