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Mark South
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(crossposted to rec.bicycles.tech)
On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 10:56:44 -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> Jørn Dahl-Stamnes wrote:
>> The bicycle is one of best invention ever made!
Absolutely, along with beer, multitasking OS's, paint by numbers sets, and
beer.
> The semi-recliner, yes.
ITYM "recumbent".
> However, the French racing design (i.e., the
> "standard" bicyle) is inefficient and dangerous.
There are those who would disagree with you.
Why do you term the standard ("safety") bicycle "french"? AFAIK, the
original safety was an english design.
And shouldn't you talk of the "freedom bicycle" instead??
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mark south: world citizen, net denizen
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On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 10:56:44 -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> Jørn Dahl-Stamnes wrote:
>> The bicycle is one of best invention ever made!
Absolutely, along with beer, multitasking OS's, paint by numbers sets, and
beer.
> The semi-recliner, yes.
ITYM "recumbent".
> However, the French racing design (i.e., the
> "standard" bicyle) is inefficient and dangerous.
There are those who would disagree with you.
Why do you term the standard ("safety") bicycle "french"? AFAIK, the
original safety was an english design.
And shouldn't you talk of the "freedom bicycle" instead??
--
mark south: world citizen, net denizen
echo [email protected]|tr a-z n-za-m
