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07-17-04, 04:23 PM
I'm just pondering how easily information can get lost or obscured without action, in particular the details for mid to low range bikes.
I'm not sure what the copyright issues would be but to have people put their old manuals and catalogues online would be very useful. I'd find this very interesting from a 'bicycle sociology' point of view to see what fashions came and went - history seems to repeat itself on varying cycles everywhere else so I wonder what was the mountainbike craze of the 50s (don't say the car...) or the 10s? Likewise I'm sure there must be some bizarre designs out there that nearly made it like the traction avant of the 40s. A nice point from an engineering point of view is that all those old patents will have expired. ;-)
And as an aside - if anybody knows where the Raleigh Aquilus sat in the scheme of things in the late 80's or early 90's (I'm guessing) then please let me know! I'm guessing it was towards the bottom.
I'm not sure what the copyright issues would be but to have people put their old manuals and catalogues online would be very useful. I'd find this very interesting from a 'bicycle sociology' point of view to see what fashions came and went - history seems to repeat itself on varying cycles everywhere else so I wonder what was the mountainbike craze of the 50s (don't say the car...) or the 10s? Likewise I'm sure there must be some bizarre designs out there that nearly made it like the traction avant of the 40s. A nice point from an engineering point of view is that all those old patents will have expired. ;-)
And as an aside - if anybody knows where the Raleigh Aquilus sat in the scheme of things in the late 80's or early 90's (I'm guessing) then please let me know! I'm guessing it was towards the bottom.