Angry Bike Wrench

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Taopi, MN

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  • "I respectfully disagree, even if mine may only be a semantic argument.  There's nothing minimal about this bike - double tubes all over the place when 100+ years of bicycle engineering show single tubes are more than strong enough and curves that do nothing but compromise the structural integrity of a traditional "double diamond" bike frame (which is just a truss and hard to improve on).  I agree it's visually striking (which I'll concede serves some purpose), but minimal it ain't.  The bike is such an interesting design pallette.  It's fundamentally unchanged since forever, which makes designers think there must be opportunity for improvement, but it's such a simple machine that messing with it almost always detracts from its inherent efficiency.  If you want a truly minimal bike, take your pick from any of the thousands of fixed gear bikes ridden by professional bike messengers - traditional frame, no brakes, and often a simple and utilitarian rack. "
    on: A Hyper Minimal Track Bike Inspired By Lamborghini
  • "With every big recall the movie Idiocracy transitions more from silly comedy to documentary."
    on: "When Furniture Kills:" Let's Cut Through the Hype
  • "Beautiful, but seems like most of these would be painful to use if you accept proper knife skill means holding the knife in your dominant hand, the food in your non-dominant, and allowing the knife blade to slide on the knuckles of your non-dominant hand.  Maybe the ground edge extends high enough on some that it's not an issue?"
    on: Chelsea Miller's Unusual Kitchen Knife Designs
  • "Anybody who thinks this is silly or frivolous has never cared for a sick dog..."
    on: American Over-Engineering FTW: The Macpod Gooper Scooper
  • "These are great for bikepacking, backpacking, camping, etc.  Any time you want minimal weight and maximum packability really.  The trick is cleaning them (you can't, really).  I recommend a flask dedicated to your liquor, i.e. don't try to put vodka in your whiskey flask."
    on: Designs for Better Boozing: Foldable Flasks
  • "I'm an avid home cook and mechanic and I agree with the comments below about this not really solving a problem. The biggest hassle of food processors is storage and clean up. You still have to store and clean this, and there are several brands that make mini processors that would take up the same space, would require the same cleanup, but are electric. I also owned a pull-start salad spinner, and the action was horribly awkward. "
    on: Tupperware's Ripcord-Based, No-Electricity-Required Food Processor
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