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bicycle_disciple <1.crazyboy.only@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 5, 4:21 pm, jobst.bra...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Crazyboy Only wrote:
> > > Part 1
> > >
:http://cozybeehive.blogspot.com/2008/05/ideas-for-new-cycling-product...
> > > Part 2
> > >
:http://cozybeehive.blogspot.com/2008/05/ideas-for-new-cycling-product...
> > > Comments welcome.
> >
> > I think the writer's name says it all. I pump my tires at home before
> > taking a flight to ZRH (Switzerland), ride for more than 2000 miles in
> > the alps over paved and unpaved roads as well as hiking trails without
> > checking tire pressure, these "inventions" seem crazy and may appeal
> > to equipment oriented people rather than bicyclists.
> >
> > http://www.paloaltobicycles.com/alps_photos.html
> >
> > Jobst Brandt
>
> Jobst,
>
> I admitted some of them were crazy in the post. What about my name
> strikes you as 'saying it all', just curious? And its funny you
> provide a contrast between equipment and bicyclists, as if one doesn't
> complement the other. -ron
At the risk of putting words in Jobst's mouth, I think he means that
none of your ideas are not crazy.
As a theme, many of your ideas tend to take things that are normally
kept at home in the garage and add them to the bike, be that the air
pump or the second helmet.
Most people want to keep their bicycle and equipment light, thus arguing
strongly against adding extraneous functions. Let the bike be the bike.
The cable-less bicycle, BTW, is here:
<http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2008/apr/3/BrettReed.htm>
Plus also, rod-brake bikes, Or you could build up a bike with Nexus
Auto-D and hydraulic brakes. Those are all bad ideas, of course, because
Bowden cables rock.
As for bicyclists and their equipment, Jobst is noting the very real
pheonomenon of gearheads, which is not at all limited to cycling. The
basic gearhead syndrome is an overactive fascination with the equipment
for an activity, to the point that it can overshadow actually
participating in the activity itself.
I know about this, because I am one. My cycling-equipment obsession is
well out of hand*.
Jobst is suggesting that your product ideas are so tangential to the
enjoyment of cycling as to be likely to appeal only to people for whom
riding takes a back seat to the equipment itself.
*but because I'm a scrounger, it's fairly cheap. It just takes up a lot
of time and space.
--
Ryan Cousineau rcousine@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.wiredcola.com/
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