The first time I heard of "carbon fiber", I think I heard only the "fiber" part. So, I was envisioning a bike like this:
All right, maybe the bread needs to be darker to get the "fiber" part right.
Maybe those sunflowers--or, at least, their seeds--might help in that department.
All right, maybe the bread needs to be darker to get the "fiber" part right.
Maybe those sunflowers--or, at least, their seeds--might help in that department.
It's got to be a French bike. I could spot that the weird threading from a mile away.
ReplyDeleteMT--Oui. Pourrait-il etre autre chose?
ReplyDeleteOf course. What else could it be?
Riding such a bike in a race would have its advantages. Rather than having to carry a bulky musette, the rider simply crouches into the aero tuck position and nibbles on the top tube for an energy boost. And that raises another question: Does a baguette bike still "plane" after its frame has gone stale for a few days?
DeleteMT--You reminded me of someone with whom I rode years ago. He used to keep a Power Bar (the original version) strapped to his stem and he would simply bite off a piece of it--or lick it when the sun turned it gooey.
DeleteCarbon and fiber both sound so safe and innocuous, give no indication of the horrendous pollution they cause...
ReplyDeleteColine--True. Carbon fiber is plastic, which comes from carbon fuel sources.
DeleteIt is particularly difficult to breakdown and there are some horrendous working practices where the offcuts are just being dumped straight into the environment. Nobody seems to care!
ReplyDeleteColine--One sad irony is that cycling is sold to some people as an "environmentally friendly" form of transportation!
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