Nope. Pure Ivan. This was written in the 1970s. Now as we face more and more the consequences of "non-convivial" tool use (Illich includes whole institutions such as health care, transportation, education, under tools) his writing is taking on an air of prescience. He may not be the most poetic communicator, but I find his writing fairly accessible. A very BOBish take on our modern civilization IMO.
Restricting Rivish bikes to those made in the 80s is weird. 1960s and 70s racing and touring/recreational bicycles probably have as much or more in common with today's Rivs (by the late eighties lots of bicycles were high and tight, and many were aluminum). My 1975 Takara Model 8 <http://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=14477&g2_imageViewsIndex=1> has room for 42mm tires and 45cm chainstays,and comes with fancy lugs and an intricate head badge with inset jewel. My 1960s racing bicycle, a Louison Bobet with 531 frame and Nervex lugs has similar specs, fitting tires comfortably up to 35mm. On Saturday, October 28, 2017 at 9:38:32 PM UTC-7, Philip Williamson wrote: > > That was awful. I hope that was a translation by a doctoral candidate > eager to impress, and not the author’s own words. > > To de-digress, I think a Rivvish bike has high bars, a leather saddle, and > a red basket net. It’s steel, and either made by Rivendell, or from the > 80s. Surly and Soma bikes can be rigged “rev-style.” > A finely tuned bike in another idiom may well be Tapebubba style, but to > arrogate it to Riv style is a stretch. > > Philip > www.biketinker.com > Santa Rosa, CA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
