Originally Posted by
Kimmo
But then, I'm forever being puzzled by people's mechanical blindness... how anyone can look at almost any part of something as simple as a bike and not immediately understand how it works is beyond me.
I'm perplexed by it as well. I've always been a curious boy, staring at the lawnmower or vacuum cleaner after mom or dad used it, trying to figure out how it worked. Yet, it never occured to me until age 12 to take a close look at the pattern spokes were in. I had played with cranks, put the chain back on, etc. but not for years did I think to analyze why the spokes didn't just go straight out like a wagon wheel.