Transformation 1969/Now
02-11-10, 09:19 PM
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Transformation 1969/Now
I just watched "The Transformation Age" by Cringley.
It starts out with an amazing teaser on bike technology referring back to 1969.
It starts out with an amazing teaser on bike technology referring back to 1969.
02-12-10, 07:08 AM
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Yup, gadgets and technology. I struggle with the concepts of what all this technology is doing to our society just about every day. But I am on the computer typing away right now. And when I take a bike ride I carry my cell phone and thats it. I really dislike bike computers, GPS, ipods, and the rest. One of the reasons that I ride a bike is to get away from all that stuff. Its good to be "out of touch" for a while.
Cool video clip and historical reference though.
Cool video clip and historical reference though.
02-12-10, 04:29 PM
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not so sure about the rest of it, but my own transformation from my birth in 1969 to present sure has been radical!
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Then why is he still riding around on a bicycle?? He should be flying around in a jet-propelled backpack if you believe that technology has so transformed our lives! Yeah, the bicycle is a carbon-fiber bicycle and certainly nowhere as durable as a 1960s steel bicycle, at least, regarding the frame, but I'm cool with that -- the carbon fiber, that is. The racing bicycle hasn't changed that much since the early 1900s. Mountain bikes are way cool, too, and they have evolved a lot IMO. Still, I don't see how an iPod changes the bicycling equation very much except to get you smacked up for not paying attention to traffic!
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I got the cell phone in case of emergency, and a digital cyclometer because I'm a mileage junkie. I can do without the rest, and I can especially do without the iPod or any other music player (mp3, CD or cassette). I prefer to listen to the environment around me, and will be ready for that car that's about to overtake.
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02-12-10, 06:46 PM
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Then why is he still riding around on a bicycle??
so he has got some very high tech stuff.
I don't even bother with a cell phone.
When I was a sprite, we would tour with canteens for water, saddlebags, pieces of rope instead of bungees... and a pocket full of quarters. IF things got dicey
we'd use a little cleverness (MacGyver) and employ the generosity of strangers. Since I'm not biking in the desert, I can usually sort it out. I also carry a few tools.
I just don't care for too much gadgetry. I feel unemcumbered.
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