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>From the Thomas & Betts web site: "In 1958, Thomas & Betts secured a place in engineering history when it developed the Ty-Rap® cable tie to facilitate assembling wire harnesses in airplanes. In the first month, sales were $350. Today, Thomas & Betts sells hundreds of millions of dollars of cable ties in 14 colors, 15 designs, 10 materials and multiple lengths. T&B cable ties can be found on thousands of products ranging from motorcycles to spacecraft." ...and bicycles! I'm not sure about the specific inventor(s), but the company seems to be doing OK. Thomas and Betts makes Ty-Raps with a metal "ratchet" (typically plastic)...I had not thought about this before, but there appears to be a hierarchy in the Zip-tie/Ty-Rap market. No more cheap Zip-ties for me! Angus On Dec 23, 2:44 pm, Beth H <periwinkle...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Dec 23, 2:16 pm, robert zeidler <zeidler.rob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > With no disrespect to anyone, especially during this joyous time, plastic > > ties on a +/- $4000.00 bike is just atrocious. Learn the use of a few basic > > tools and use the correct fasteners. For a "get-you-home" or temp repair, > > OK, but in the words of my first shop-teacher, it's "hack". > > I suggest that while Rivendell definitely markets to the rider with "a > job and bicycle prorities", the underlying aesthetic of Rivendell > bikes is absolutely a loving and benign sense of "hack". For evidence, > I submit the old tan Atlantis flyer of several years ago, which showed > a number of Atlantii (??) in various types of build-up, with all > manner of baskets, zip-ties and other funkinesses on them. I'd also > look up Grant's multiple articles/photo essays on "Beausage" (a word I > still stumble over when I actually try to use it in a sentence because > it feels made-up), all of which practically glorify the bike that is > well-ridden, a bit dirty, maybe even a little dented and has paint > worn off the edges of the fork crown and all the stays. > > While some folks may ride a $4,000.00 bike because it's spendy or > fancy, some folks may choose to ride a $4,000.00 Rivendell simply > because it's well-made, and durable enough to see them out. And for > those of us who fall into that category, there are lovely zip-ties. > > I hope the inventor of the zip-tie didn't die broke. > > Beth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
