http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: design bikes - Recent Topics en Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:01:00 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5641#post-60256 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:10:57 +0000 tj 60256@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just finished reading the above titled book by Jonathan Chapman - very interesting.<br /> He compares products that people don't invest any emotional attachment in - for example mobile phones that folk just dispose of at regular intervals as the next model comes along - with products that people cherish over time - for example a pair of lovely leather shoes - positing that designers in a sustainable world should be trying to incorporate elements into their products that encourage long term cherishing instead of throwing stuff away.<br /> He doesn't mention them directly, but it's always seemed to me that one of the great things about bikes is that they fall squarely into the latter category. I can like a bike (alot!) when I pull it out of its box, shiny and new, but it's only after I've been riding it for ages, and maybe personalised it by swapping the saddle, or the grips, or tweaked the gearing, or whatever, that it becomes <u>my</u> bike. </p>