Bike Design

[Bill Patterson]

I have had many People ask about some of the bike designs in my class. Well, ok, I've had two
people ask me.

I am learning to make web pages. Try this one. There are a few photos of bikes and one of the first
Human Powered Helicopter.

http://home.earthlink.net/~wm.patterson/index.html

I am retired, but I know that the plan is to teach the class again next fall.
--
Bill "Pop Pop" Patterson Retired and riding my Linear, my front drive low racer and our M5 tandem.

See some Bikes At:

http://home.earthlink.net/~wm.patterson/index.html

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[Jonathan V.D. S]

"We are not Dutch, so we like bikes to feel like bikes."

Huh? I've gotten used to some xenophobia from across the Atlantic the last couple of months, but
this one surprised me nonetheless.

 

[Terry Morse]

Jonathan v.d. Sluis wrote:

> "We are not Dutch, so we like bikes to feel like bikes."
>
> Huh? I've gotten used to some xenophobia from across the Atlantic the last couple of months, but
> this one surprised me nonetheless.

Note the irony: the confusing comment above was referring to a recumbent tandem. How could Dutch
bikes be stranger than an recumbent tandem?

Confused in California.
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terry morse Palo Alto, CA http://www.terrymorse.com/bike/

 

[Bill Patterson]

Didn't mean to be crass. You all, do drive around those Flevo front drive bikes.
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Bill "Pop Pop" Patterson Retired and riding my Linear, my front drive low racer and our M5 tandem.

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[Bill Patterson]

I stand corrected. The web site has been changed.
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Bill "Pop Pop" Patterson Retired and riding my Linear, my front drive low racer and our M5 tandem.

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[Michael Macclan]

In message <[email protected]>, Bill Patterson <[email protected]> writes
>I stand corrected. The web site has been changed.

That's an absolutely great picture of the M5 on your site. What a machine!
--
Michael MacClancy

 

[Bill Patterson]

All Bicycles are wonderful. We have been riding tandems for 30 years and own 4 tandems now. We love
the M5. I might tease Bram Moens, but this take apart, suspended bike is wonderful.

We are plumb tickled with those European seats. They are great.
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Bill "Pop Pop" Patterson Retired and riding my Linear, my front drive low racer and our M5 tandem.

See some Bikes At:

http://home.earthlink.net/~wm.patterson/index.html

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[Jonathan V.D. S]

Bill Patterson <[email protected]> schreef in berichtnieuws
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> I stand corrected. The web site has been changed.

That is most kind. The true Dutch bike doesn't have suspension, so it really does feel
like a bike...

 

[Bluto]

"Jonathan v.d. Sluis" <[email protected]> wrote:

> "We are not Dutch, so we like bikes to feel like bikes."
>
> Huh? I've gotten used to some xenophobia from across the Atlantic the last couple of months, but
> this one surprised me nonetheless.

Well, I knew what he meant. The Dutch must be the undisputed world leaders of lateral thinking in
cycle design, followed by the Germans.

However, in both these places where there are wildly innovative human powered machines available,
there are also much more traditional bikes than one can buy in e.g. the United States. As cyclists,
we in the US could probably benefit from omafietsen, low racers, Flevotrikes, etc., but only the
Dutch have proven willing to actually buy and ride all these machines in meaningful numbers.

So while I knew what the OP meant, I must observe that my own feeling about Dutch bike culture is
far more like admiration than it is like xenophobia.

Chalo Colina

weird bikes are not the only thing I like about the Netherlands

 

[Bill Patterson]

I love the Flevo. In fact, if you look down at my WYMS tandem, you will see that it uses a Flevo
front drive.

I do lust for a single suspended Flevo.
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Bill "Pop Pop" Patterson Retired and riding my Linear, my front drive low racer and our M5 tandem.

See some Bikes At:

http://home.earthlink.net/~wm.patterson/index.html

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