manuelschafer
retrofitting+retrotec = retrogrouch
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Gerade dieses Fun(ky) GT KK im Ebay * gesehen,
Was in die Übersprungshandlung einer Galerie-Bittstellung dieser Lenkergattung mündete
Es muss ja im Sinne Bridgestones nicht stets besonders hübsch sondern vielmehr auch funktional sein
The inspiration for the mustache bar came from bikes in Japan where many schools would ban kids from riding bikes with drop bars -- the belief apparently being that drop bars encouraged reckless riding habits. The semi-drop bars that these bikes used had a shape that was something almost between a flat bar and a drop bar which still allowed a fairly "sporty" riding position. The mustache bar adapted the shape, giving it more width and a bit more reach, making it suitable for American adult hands. Despite being a new, innovative shape, it had an oddly old-fashioned "retro" appearance -- making it both new and yet oddly familiar at the same time. It wasn't hard to imagine riders in the '90s (1890s, that is) riding on similar handlebars. Petersen and the folks at Bridgstone apparently loved them. The bicycling press apparently hated them.
frolic greetings,
m
Was in die Übersprungshandlung einer Galerie-Bittstellung dieser Lenkergattung mündete
Es muss ja im Sinne Bridgestones nicht stets besonders hübsch sondern vielmehr auch funktional sein
The inspiration for the mustache bar came from bikes in Japan where many schools would ban kids from riding bikes with drop bars -- the belief apparently being that drop bars encouraged reckless riding habits. The semi-drop bars that these bikes used had a shape that was something almost between a flat bar and a drop bar which still allowed a fairly "sporty" riding position. The mustache bar adapted the shape, giving it more width and a bit more reach, making it suitable for American adult hands. Despite being a new, innovative shape, it had an oddly old-fashioned "retro" appearance -- making it both new and yet oddly familiar at the same time. It wasn't hard to imagine riders in the '90s (1890s, that is) riding on similar handlebars. Petersen and the folks at Bridgstone apparently loved them. The bicycling press apparently hated them.
frolic greetings,
m
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(im Bild Cunninghams persönliches "RAD"-Town n Country Bike).
