"For me it evokes the trend of slapping giant touchscreen head units into cars, instead of a simple connection to a phone that can replaced / upgraded. Yes it's "ugly" to mount just the things that you want on your bars (I have a bell, light, and GoPro, but I am commuting every day...) but it's also modular and you can easily move some or all of what's on your bars to other bikes."
"Does seem like it's quite possible, the Swiss watchmaking industry was born as a cottage industry, perhaps it's more that there were clockmakers in Germany who also happened to raise crops in the warmer months..."
"They look great, and the nested double-basket bolsters for the bottom three is a nice solution for providing more support where it's needed. The ergonomics look a little off to me, you can perch on the front of the chair, but leaning looks like it would be hard on your back."
"I have a simpler jeweler's pin vise I got years ago from Lee Valley:https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/tools/workshop/workbenches/vises/31175-jewellers-pin-vise?item=60F0501Fewer pins means it can't fit on all sides, but the wider jaws are handy."
"I don't think we'd call them "quadricycles" - they don't have pedals? Mini-EVs or something. Lots of interesting aspects: 300 parts total, 40% recycled material, no paint, built in Morocco, driver airbag. I suppose we'll never see them in the US, alas."
"Seems to me that if they wanted to increase the lifetime and usefulness the vacuum bag should be replaceable? To me the most likely failure would be a leak there from wear and tear, which you might not be able to find (or seal, if you did find it). Of course people might use them in someone else's bags then..."
"I would have thought the simplest solution would be to have an overlapping front panel, like a peacoat, but the zipper suggests they must have split the protective layer. Make sure you get knifed at an angle?"