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Queen's Award to Industry
https://cyclingindustry.news/vivacit...or-innovation/
I remember when Raleigh self-adjusting brakes won it. And promptly died for lack of consumer appeal (even though they worked well at low cost). -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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Queen's Award to Industry
On 4/30/2021 9:33 AM, AMuzi wrote:
https://cyclingindustry.news/vivacit...or-innovation/ I remember when Raleigh self-adjusting brakes won it. And promptly died for lack of consumer appeal (even though they worked well at low cost). Huh. I don't remember those. But here it is: https://youtu.be/zhhobzAFeEo?t=24 -- - Frank Krygowski |
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Queen's Award to Industry
On 4/30/2021 8:53 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 4/30/2021 9:33 AM, AMuzi wrote: https://cyclingindustry.news/vivacit...or-innovation/ I remember when Raleigh self-adjusting brakes won it. And promptly died for lack of consumer appeal (even though they worked well at low cost). Huh. I don't remember those. But here it is: https://youtu.be/zhhobzAFeEo?t=24 Some clever engineers brought it into efficient production but nobody cared. As Peter Drucker noted, "The worst thing is doing well that which should not have been done at all." Any service manager could have told them that selling brake maintenance is difficult, had they asked. People want to bolt on some 'go fast'. Anyway back to the Queen's Award, I'm sure we can all recall 'The Next Big Thing" which in multiple iterations quietly disappeared. The quotable Mr Berra, "It's hard to make predictions, especially about the future." -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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Queen's Award to Industry
On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:53:12 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote: On 4/30/2021 9:33 AM, AMuzi wrote: https://cyclingindustry.news/vivacit...or-innovation/ I remember when Raleigh self-adjusting brakes won it. And promptly died for lack of consumer appeal (even though they worked well at low cost). Huh. I don't remember those. But here it is: https://youtu.be/zhhobzAFeEo?t=24 Here's the patent: https://patents.google.com/patent/US3759352 -- Jeff Liebermann PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272 Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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Queen's Award to Industry
On Friday, April 30, 2021 at 7:17:39 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 4/30/2021 8:53 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 4/30/2021 9:33 AM, AMuzi wrote: https://cyclingindustry.news/vivacit...or-innovation/ I remember when Raleigh self-adjusting brakes won it. And promptly died for lack of consumer appeal (even though they worked well at low cost). Huh. I don't remember those. But here it is: https://youtu.be/zhhobzAFeEo?t=24 Some clever engineers brought it into efficient production but nobody cared. As Peter Drucker noted, "The worst thing is doing well that which should not have been done at all." Any service manager could have told them that selling brake maintenance is difficult, had they asked. People want to bolt on some 'go fast'. Anyway back to the Queen's Award, I'm sure we can all recall 'The Next Big Thing" which in multiple iterations quietly disappeared. The quotable Mr Berra, "It's hard to make predictions, especially about the future." -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 That program in fact has nothing whatsoever to do with the cyclist. It allows the government to monitor the amount and type of traffic so that they can predict the most efficient traffic flow over any area. I 90% of the traffic on a street was bicycles would you time the lights for bicycles or cars? The more efficient the traffic flow the more likely you are to gain bicycle commuters, the less pollution and the higher overall public health reducing the expenditure on health care. These are the sorts of problems I worked on. This was a very good use of artificial intelligence. |
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