On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 11:30:03 -0000 "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm not convinced that bike is right for anything. > > it's a roadster. It's meant for pottering about town and for short > journeys doing bits of shopping while you wear normal clothes on a > day-to-day basis. It's the single most popular and important style of > bicycle, perhaps even of transport, in the world. Well, if you say, but I can carry more groceries on the commuter rig, faster, and farther, and in more comfort. :/ They just look poorly thought out to me. Something more like this man. http://polyhead.net/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=random&cat=28&pos=-428 Granted, sporting a flat tire in that shot. Took it just to see how much light a vivitar 283 could toss out in the rainy abyss. http://polyhead.net/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=20&pos=0 An older shot of the bike and me taken atop Washington Park in Portland Oregon. Clear winter day late in the evening. Mt. St. Helen in the back ground. > Despite its humble utilitarian ordinariness this type of bike can > usually go more or less anywhere, and do more or less anything. For > all that we in the West spend zillions of pounds on fancy bikes to > cycle around the world on, the people in places like Africa, India and > the Far East are dealing with the same difficult terrain day in, day > out, year after year on this type of roadster. People in africa and the far east ride crap like that because they simply can't afford any better. > > Its just a really boring bike. > > Ha! You say that, but it just is. Just a high carbon steel frame, poorly welded together sporting stamped steel chain rings and gears. This department store stuff just simply isn't worth having. > -- > Bob > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Polyhead > > Sent: 01 January 2008 10:58 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Another Bicycle Shot --PESO > > > > On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 10:40:08 -0000 > > "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I don't think Dunelts of that period were made in China > (presumably > > > you mean the same China that makes a lot of cameras for Pentax). > > > Dunelt were part of Raleigh at that time and the bikes were made > in > > > England or in the local market, so that one could have been made > in > > > the USA. Graywolf may be able to let us know. > > > > > > People decide their own priorities about what to spend > > their money on. > > > Just because someone wants to spend a lot of money on a camera it > > > doesn't mean they should also spend a lot on other things. I know > > > people who have custom-built bicycles that cost more than a car, > but > > > who wouldn't spend more than a couple of hundred dollars on > > a camera. > > > I also know people who've cycled round the world (some more than > > > once), and now use beat-up old delivery bikes that they rescued > from > > > the tip. Having an expensive bike means nothing; having an > expensive > > > camera means nothing. What matters is to have the right bike, or > the > > > right camera. > > > > I'm not convinced that bike is right for anything. :/ I > > mean, its not really the point of a bike really I suppose, > > but, ... The most fun bike i've road all year had a 67" long > > front fork and needed a steel cable to keep it from folding > > in half. Certainly deserved its 6 star difficulty. Chunk > > 666 drinks... allot... you expect that sort of bikes out of > > Chunk 666. They made a bike from nothing but springs once.. > > the only 10star bike in their fleet. It really is unridable. > > > > > That Dunelt looks like a damn good bike, and one that I'd > > be proud to > > > own. It will probably outlive you; hopefully. If you do outlive > the > > > bike perhaps you'll pick up some knowledge, wisdom and > > humility on the > > > way. > > > > Eh... looks heavy and slow to me. I'll stick with my > > Garymond. ... half Gary Fisher, Half lemond road bike. Its > > done the STP classic twice now. I just want an intresting > > bike to look at. Its just a really boring bike. > > > -- > > > Bob > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > > Behalf Of Polyhead > > > > Sent: 01 January 2008 08:46 > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: Re: Another Bicycle Shot --PESO > > > > > > > > Would be a great shot if that made in china hunk of crap bike > > > > wasn't in the way. >.>.... really.. people.. you'll drop a > > > > grand in a camera but won't drop $500 for a decent rig? WTF? > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-2 > > > > 0071229c.jpg > > > > > > > > > > I kind of like the converging lines in the sky which is why > > > > > I darkened it down a bit. Not real sure of my monitor > > > > > calibration yet on the new OS load, so it would be nice if > > > > > folks would comment on how it looks on their system. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) > > > > > Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com > > > > > Blog: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > --------- > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > > > > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Ben 'Polyhead' Smith > > > > KE7GAL > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > > > > above and follow the directions. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > > Ben 'Polyhead' Smith > > KE7GAL > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > > above and follow the directions. > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Ben 'Polyhead' Smith KE7GAL -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
