On Dec 7, 7:59 pm, Ozark Bicycle
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> On Dec 7, 3:44 pm, landotter <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > On Dec 7, 2:14 pm, Ozark Bicycle
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> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Dec 7, 1:46 pm, landotter <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > On Dec 7, 1:29 pm, [email protected] wrote:
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> > > > > Sometimes you stumble over odd things when you're looking for a
> > > > > lightweight ~1900 Dursely-Pedersen bicycle.
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> > > > Get a new one next time you're in Copenhagen. Around $2K USD equipped
> > > > with a Nexus hub last I checked. They're magnificent looking in
> > > > person.
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> > > They do look very interesting. Have you ridden one?
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> > Nope, just chatted up a couple riders in Gothenburg. Much less
> > annoying than bent riders. They're supposedly exquisitely comfy with
> > the suspended sling saddle and completely upright position. Great city
> > bikes--as you get all sorts of attention. Likely poor climbers--
> > something I forgot to ask that fellow about last time I saw one in
> > front of the grocery in Masthugget, a *very* hilly neighborhood.
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> > Missed out on one on Ebay a couple years back. At $1200 with old 7spd
> > kit, I bailed. I'll get a frame set one of these days and build up.
> > It's pretty smart how they use small diameter cheap straight gauge
> > tubing, using more tubes in areas with higher stress. Again, just
> > badass looking in person. A bit steam-punk if you will.
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> They remind me of the "spaceframe" race car chassis of the 1950s-60s,
> an example is the 'Birdcage' Maserati:
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> http://tinyurl.com/32relz
Exactly! The tubing is just gorgeous with concentrations in areas of
higher stress--like riding a freakin' bridge. As much as I'm in awe of
new techniques like hydroforming which create structures that are more
akin to nature and evolutionary design, the Pederson pre-dates even
silly old butting and is clearly not trying to be pretty, but a
structure. First time I saw one, in '89 or so, probably fresh from
Christiania, on a shopping ride in Gothenburg, I stopped and just
about crapped my pants--the dang thing was just so striking. It was
machine age and thoroughly modern at the same time.
I'll probably get around to owning one in the next decade. Under $2K
for a hand built machine that makes your neighbor's 35K HD lampshade
look like a pedestrian vehicle is a bargain. ;-)
