In a message dated 7/15/2005 8:58:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org writes:
I had an idea for an improved tire wiper myself: There could be a satellite up in space with a camera that is tracking the very streets you are riding. Here's how it works: You're out on your Masi GC with your freshly glued (and dried of course) Clement's going for a ride. There is a little computer screen mounted to the bars that is part of the satellite system. When you turn your unit on, the satellite automatically begins to detect minuscule debris on the road in front of you. The screen would warn you as to what is "X" amount of distance in front of you on the ground. That way your tires would avoid all of the pricks (from various objects in the road--be it nails, thorns, glass, etc.)
Ted E. Baer Palo Alto, CA
Ted;
Hight tech and expensive! Certainly not in keeping with the mindset of most of your fellow listmembers. A more elegant, practical, and cost-effective solution would be a set of arms attached to the front dropout extending toward the front of the bike, at the end of which would be affixed a small whisk broom to sweep the road a few inches ahead of your tire.
Bob Hovey
Columbus, GA