On 7/6/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > there'a very small exhibition of 4 bikes outside the Design Museum in > London at the moment. > > http://www.designmuseum.org/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/fixed > > "Curated by Ben Wilson, industrial designer and bike fanatic, FIXED > looks at the fixed gear bicycle from 1888 to the present day. FIXED is > in the Tank, the museum's riverfront exhibition space and free to view > day or night. > > Riding 'fixed' is thought to be a 'pure' way to interact with your > bike, no brakes, no gears - just you and the bike. Fixed gear bikes do > not allow coasting, so the only way to rest at any point is to pedal > slower. > > Also on 8 July - watch the Tour de France go across Tower Bridge and > then bring your bicycle to the Design Museum and tell us why you love > it. All contributions will be filmed to form a unique archive of > archive of memories, appraisals " > > because the bikes are in a glass tank you can't really get a good shot > of them, but here are some of the 1888 bike, which is jolly > interesting and looks quite heavy - look at the chain: > > http://www.web-options.com/Fixies > > (note there seems to be some problem with my web host - I've > uploaded, but it's not responding to my browser. maybe you'll have > more luck) > > it's not easy being a one-armed photographer! Or typist. >
I'd love to see that (being a fixed gear fanatic myself). Thanks for the link, Bob. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
