I love to cycle.
As a machine it has always fascinated me. I often wonder at the confidence of the person who built the first one. I am sure he must have promptly fallen off the first time he rode it and yet,must have persisted till he mastered the balance. I cannot honestly recall the last time I did that with a design of mine that did not succeed at the first trial.
Went for a long cycle trek yesterday. It was about 30 kilometers. I think it is the best way it understand the problems with the design.... actually any design. Most of what we do is use a product once and try to figure out the things that could be improved.
Using my cycle once would never given me the idea that the wrists hurt due to the right angle the handle bar makes with the hands, or that a rear view mirror is a good idea even on a bicycle, or even that the seat cushioning does not match my butt contours!!
I guess why people depend on the power of collective opinion( surveys) is because it is quicker and throws up interesting charts and figures ( and though this is very important, it is an imperfect process).
To know the design it is much more useful to take the bike out for that long hike. The painful butt is a powerful stimulant!!!
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If you see to the change in the design since it was invented you will find great thoughts behind it....how it has transformed to meet the need or to make comfortable. But in this age of nano car do you think the cycle has a future? Will it transform itself any more?
One more interesting thing is, once I went with a friend to buy a cycle and found that soem costs even a lakh. We tend to relate a cycle with economy but its not the case. I was wondering who uses it? "May be a person who has no place to keep his/ her money...." was the first thing that came in mind. Funny na...
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