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The Spacelander bicycle was designed by Benjamin Bowden for the 1946 Britain Can Make It exhibition. It was meant to be the bicycle of the future but sadly only 522 Spacelander bicycles were shipped before production was halted in 1960. Today a Spacelander in good condition might fetch $50,000.
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I don't get the connection between Bowden's Spacelanders and that thing Herman used in the movie?
ReplyDeletexoxoxoBruce
I used misinformation from a Pinterest post. Of course Pee Wee's bike is a Schwinn that mimics the Spacelander's futuristic style. I have corrected my post.
DeleteImagine these with electric assist inside. Tearing along at 40 mph in a 35 zone. That's the future we gave up but could have now. Any company making these would rule the world. And then, like the toy drone we saw last year, you'd press a button, the wheels would split down the middle, flap up into propellers to the sides and you'd take off into the sky for real --harder to do, but with ever-better batteries and magnets and superconducting coils for the motors, possible. The aqua-turquoise one.
ReplyDeleteIn the early 1980s I had a '63 Rambler Classic that I paid Earl Scheib on Arden Way the extra $20 to paint it that color. That's the color of a glorious future. Rockets and robots and swimming pool tiles and front doors and doughnut glazing and aerodynamic washing machines.
I'd ride one.
DeleteBut only in good weather, on safe roads with not much traffic, no potholes, nasty animals or loose sand. Try doing one of those hazards at 40 mph. Then watch out for the oblivious rider or BMW transplant rider that doesn't use signals, and turns on the spur of the moment hunch this may be the street. That's why I gave up motorcycles, my fellow human beings.
ReplyDeleteBicycles and cars can not safely coexist, no way, no how, not ever, they must be separate streams of traffic. A 30 lb bike is no match for a 3,000 lb motor vehicle. Oh, and the EVs sneak up on you.
xoxoxoBruce