New Year weight loss plans ???

"Montblack" wrote:

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
Hey Mark -- does your company make a decent (and affordable) folding bike
for pilots?

Folding bike? How about a titanium 'tube and fabric' airplane project? -
after hours, of course.

I thought about that too... once. Until I started adding up the cost
of the tubes involved and then considered that most people probably
wouldn't want to spend "certified prices" for a box of parts that will
become a kit with hundreds/thousands of hours of exta labor.

I would look cool though...

With the weight saving in titanium frame construction they could now drop in
a small liquid cooled diesel... g

It probably wouldn't be any lighter than an aluminum frame, though it
would have other advantages (wouldn't need paint, would have a far
superior fatigue life, though that's not a big issue with aluminum
based on the last half-century of anecdotal evidence). And by the
time you paid for the titanium tubes, you might be back to VW power.

Mark Hickey

"Mark Hickey" wrote in message
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It probably wouldn't be any lighter than an aluminum frame, though it
would have other advantages (wouldn't need paint, would have a far
superior fatigue life, though that's not a big issue with aluminum
based on the last half-century of anecdotal evidence). And by the
time you paid for the titanium tubes, you might be back to VW power.

Anyone for a wooden bicycle?
http://digilander.libero.it/felixpet...-di-legno3.jpg
http://www.ottavia.com/bike_catalog.html

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Hey Mark -- does your company make a decent (and affordable) folding bike
for pilots?

It seems like all the ones I've seen are either (a) way over-priced or (b)
junk. And in at least one case, both.

I was at Sam's the other day and noticed that they had one of the Montague
Hummer folding bikes for less than $300... The Montagues advertised
elsewhere were at least twice that price... Not sure how good they are
though -- never had a chance to ride one...

"Grumman-581" wrote:

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:iGnuf.675740$_o.546962@attbi_s71...
Hey Mark -- does your company make a decent (and affordable) folding bike
for pilots?

It seems like all the ones I've seen are either (a) way over-priced or (b)
junk. And in at least one case, both.

I was at Sam's the other day and noticed that they had one of the Montague
Hummer folding bikes for less than $300... The Montagues advertised
elsewhere were at least twice that price... Not sure how good they are
though -- never had a chance to ride one...

I'm really not into talking down competitors' products, but the Hummer
bike is pretty marginal for those who'd actually plan to ride it any
distance. There are better folders out there, though they cost quite
a bit more (that inescapable law of physics / economy).

A couple options:

www.bikefriday.com
www.dahon.com

One of the problems with folders is that there might be a considerable
amount of rigging to get 'em ready to roll. For those of you who
regularly attach wings, that's not going to seem like an
insurmountable obstacle.

Mark "non-folding" Hickey

Mark wrote:
A couple options:

www.bikefriday.com
www.dahon.com

I have had my Dahon for a while, still love it but might get me a
Hummer or a Montage because my daughters are embarassed to ride along
side daddy on a Dahon. To them it looks like a kiddie bike. :^)

The Monk

"Mark Hickey" wrote in message
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The built bikes are assembled in the US though (although there are
almost no viable US-sourced components).

Yeah, it seems that even if you do get a frame that is made in the US, the
various other components probably aren't made there... I'm not sure what
this says about us, but I don't think I like it... Hell, I still ride an old
(i.e. mid 1980s) Schwinn Sprint from back when they were made in the US...
I'm not sure if all the parts were made in the US though...

I'm pretty evangelistic about bike commuting too

.... of course you arrive at work all sweaty.

Jose
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Jose wrote:

I'm pretty evangelistic about bike commuting too

... of course you arrive at work all sweaty.

Not a problem if there are showers at your place of work. Besides,
where I've done it (Florida and Arizona) you get all sweaty just
walking across the parking lot (not to mention actually getting into a
four-wheel sauna after work).

Mark Hickey

"Mark Hickey" wrote in message
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Jose wrote:

I'm pretty evangelistic about bike commuting too

... of course you arrive at work all sweaty.

Not a problem if there are showers at your place of work. Besides,
where I've done it (Florida and Arizona) you get all sweaty just
walking across the parking lot (not to mention actually getting into a
four-wheel sauna after work).

Mark Hickey

Big difference between Florida and Arizona...

I can take 100 all day in Arizona but put me in Florida at anything over
about 75 degrees (with that humidity...) and I'm miserable in about 10
minutes. I don't even care for Michigan summers anymore (been in the desert
since '97)

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
AZ Cloudbusters
Chandler, AZ

Mark Hickey wrote:
It helps that I own a company that builds titanium bikes - less impact on W&B.

Got a link to your company's website? you can email if you prefer
chaisone(at)yahoo.com.

The Monk