Comments on: bringing the banana forward http://knackeredhack.com/2008/02/19/bringing-the-banana-forward/ the curious study of broken things Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:53:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: knackeredhack http://knackeredhack.com/2008/02/19/bringing-the-banana-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-93559 knackeredhack Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:42:29 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2008/02/19/bringing-the-banana-forward/#comment-93559 James, Well might you ask. I spent years trying to locate a classic Dutch bike for the Knackered Hackette. In my younger days I considered them the height of style and even thought of importing them. Ideally I wanted one rebuilt with serious hub gears, but the costs were prohibitive, if not the engineering. In the end we compromised and went for a modern German aluminium imitation. Not quite so romantic. I'm in Bath now, so the weight and minimal gears of the Dutch roadster can be a limitation. Tim James,

Well might you ask. I spent years trying to locate a classic Dutch bike for the Knackered Hackette. In my younger days I considered them the height of style and even thought of importing them. Ideally I wanted one rebuilt with serious hub gears, but the costs were prohibitive, if not the engineering. In the end we compromised and went for a modern German aluminium imitation. Not quite so romantic. I’m in Bath now, so the weight and minimal gears of the Dutch roadster can be a limitation.

Tim

]]> By: james governor http://knackeredhack.com/2008/02/19/bringing-the-banana-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-93555 james governor Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:21:33 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2008/02/19/bringing-the-banana-forward/#comment-93555 have you considered riding home on a shittier bike? something made for getting around, not racing. a Dutch high handlebar job. there is more than one way to time the banana. have you considered riding home on a shittier bike? something made for getting around, not racing. a Dutch high handlebar job. there is more than one way to time the banana.

]]> By: Richard Feynman, Confusion and Curiosity » knackeredhack http://knackeredhack.com/2008/02/19/bringing-the-banana-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-90158 Richard Feynman, Confusion and Curiosity » knackeredhack Fri, 22 May 2009 14:16:32 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2008/02/19/bringing-the-banana-forward/#comment-90158 [...] readers will remember my own grappling with bananas only to find that, as usual, I was thwarted. Parce [...] [...] readers will remember my own grappling with bananas only to find that, as usual, I was thwarted. Parce [...]

]]> By: knackeredhack http://knackeredhack.com/2008/02/19/bringing-the-banana-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-9155 knackeredhack Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:01:38 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2008/02/19/bringing-the-banana-forward/#comment-9155 Iwan, I'm not actually married to a Canadian, but have managed to acquire Canadian relatives nonetheless. On Kino, with a following wind, some more tomorrow. And I'm doing some research into online Kino resources, but that looks like it will take a while. Tim, I'll post in a bit more detail for those not familiar with the thinking behind paleo. It seems to be working well for me so far, but the past few weeks have obviously been a bit uneven. Iwan, I’m not actually married to a Canadian, but have managed to acquire Canadian relatives nonetheless.

On Kino, with a following wind, some more tomorrow. And I’m doing some research into online Kino resources, but that looks like it will take a while.

Tim, I’ll post in a bit more detail for those not familiar with the thinking behind paleo. It seems to be working well for me so far, but the past few weeks have obviously been a bit uneven.

]]> By: Tim Beadle http://knackeredhack.com/2008/02/19/bringing-the-banana-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-9152 Tim Beadle Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:34:25 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2008/02/19/bringing-the-banana-forward/#comment-9152 Tim, Thanks for this; it describes pretty accurately my own experience both cycling and also walking the mile uphill from the train station after work. In the latter case, I have experience quite severe shakiness and loss of energy on some days, and found myself wolfing my dinner down in order to mitigate the symptoms. Food, quite literally, for thought. Tim Tim,

Thanks for this; it describes pretty accurately my own experience both cycling and also walking the mile uphill from the train station after work. In the latter case, I have experience quite severe shakiness and loss of energy on some days, and found myself wolfing my dinner down in order to mitigate the symptoms.

Food, quite literally, for thought.

Tim

]]> By: IwanJ http://knackeredhack.com/2008/02/19/bringing-the-banana-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-9133 IwanJ Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:17:43 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2008/02/19/bringing-the-banana-forward/#comment-9133 Go away - another Brit married to a Canadian. Canadian women, like New Zealand Reds are some of the world's best kept secret. My 20 year-old has now started to eat more paleo and undertake a body weight version of CrossFit. He's a few months in and looks fantastic. I used his adherence as inspiration to be a bit more disciplined and as you say, the results are quite dramatic. Thanks for continuing with the blog TIm despite the turbulence. I appreciate your writing and the various paths it opens to me (I know own some Scott Gill-Heron thanks to you and have been pillaging some Eastern European music stores in Toronto to try and get the Kino stuff but no luck as yet. I'll keep looking... Go away – another Brit married to a Canadian. Canadian women, like New Zealand Reds are some of the world’s best kept secret.

My 20 year-old has now started to eat more paleo and undertake a body weight version of CrossFit. He’s a few months in and looks fantastic.

I used his adherence as inspiration to be a bit more disciplined and as you say, the results are quite dramatic.

Thanks for continuing with the blog TIm despite the turbulence. I appreciate your writing and the various paths it opens to me (I know own some Scott Gill-Heron thanks to you and have been pillaging some Eastern European music stores in Toronto to try and get the Kino stuff but no luck as yet.

I’ll keep looking…

]]> By: knackeredhack http://knackeredhack.com/2008/02/19/bringing-the-banana-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-9124 knackeredhack Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:15:23 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2008/02/19/bringing-the-banana-forward/#comment-9124 Hi In-law! Hope you are all well in Canadia. This is the first time that the banana time-shift theorem has been more widely shared. By way of scientific experimentation, perhaps we should invite commenters to show their appreciation with a smiley to reassure you and me that this does not require a Canadian sense of humour? On behalf of the English jury, I'll cast the first vote :-) . Hi In-law! Hope you are all well in Canadia.

This is the first time that the banana time-shift theorem has been more widely shared. By way of scientific experimentation, perhaps we should invite commenters to show their appreciation with a smiley to reassure you and me that this does not require a Canadian sense of humour?

On behalf of the English jury, I’ll cast the first vote :-) .

]]> By: Canadian in-law http://knackeredhack.com/2008/02/19/bringing-the-banana-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-9122 Canadian in-law Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:14:33 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2008/02/19/bringing-the-banana-forward/#comment-9122 I enjoyed your post, as always. Surely we weren't the only ones amused by the catchy name, though, were we? I enjoyed your post, as always. Surely we weren’t the only ones amused by the catchy name, though, were we?

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