Monday, July 18, 2011

Simplicity

Here's an elegant load-carrier I spotted outside a book store the other day. A common 1960's/70's bicycle with 20" wheels and, presumably, a two-speed "kickback" hub, the kind where the rider changes gear by pedalling slightly backwards. Pedalling further backwards activates the coaster brake. Front hub brake, bottle dynamo-powered headlight. An old milk crate with the logo of a local (and now almost certainly defunct) dairy has been fastened to the rack with twine. Eminently practical, yet not really attractive to the thieving vampire zombies.

2 comments:

coventry recycled cycles said...

The simple things definitely work the best- recently the local council phased out recycling boxes which led to a glut of perfectly sized and strong boxes being abandoned everywhere- needless to say i've gathered as many as I could and tucked them away in the garage and use them for all sorts of things-bike trailers, shopping trolleys, rear carriers- fab!

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