Mabasiketi amafuta akuyenda bwino pakati pa okwera njinga a Sonoma County

Kungoyang'ana koyamba, njinga yamafuta imawoneka ngati chinthu chopangidwa ndi wojambula zithunzi, matayala ake akulu, otupa mwanjira inayake amawonetsa nsapato zazikulu za floppy kwa anyamata okhala ndi zipewa zazing'ono kwambiri.

Wopanga njinga zamafuta ambiri, Surly, amagulitsa ngakhale rimu la 4-inch-wide-wide lotchedwa "Clown Shoe."

Koma m'zaka khumi kapena kuposerapo kuyambira pomwe kampani yaku Minnesota idabweretsa njinga yamafuta kumsika waukulu, mafelemu olemera okhala ndi matayala opindika, apeza mbiri yayikulu padziko lonse lapansi - ngakhale mafani akuti amakonda kukwera chifukwa. ndi zosangalatsa kwambiri.

"Zili ngati kukhala ndi zaka 4 ndikukwera njinga yanu yoyamba," adatero Sebastian Brewer wokhala ku Santa Rosa, kazembe wodziwika bwino wamafuta.“Ndizodabwitsa kwambiri.Zimandipangitsa kulira, ndi zamisala. ”

Kuchokera pamabasiketi osakhalitsa omwe adasonkhanitsidwa koyamba m'magalaja ndi ma workshop, makamaka ndi oyendetsa njinga zamoto kumpoto kwa chipale chofewa ofunitsitsa kutuluka pa mawilo awiri m'nyengo yozizira, njinga zonenepa zapeza bwino malo ambiri, makamaka pakati pa okwera mapiri ngati Brewer.

Matayala awo otalikirapo, otsika pang'onopang'ono amapereka njira yotakata yolumikizana ndi nthaka, yopatsa mphamvu, kukopa kwapamwamba komanso kuyamwa modzidzimutsa pomwe amalola kuyandama pamchenga, matalala ndi matope, komanso kukhazikika pamtunda wamiyala kapena miyala. maulendo otsika.

Ngakhale akadali chinthu chachilendo m'chilengedwe chonse chomwe chimakhala ndi njinga zowonda komanso zocheperako, njinga zamapiri, njinga zonenepa - zina zomwe zili ndi matayala mpaka mainchesi 5 m'lifupi - akuti ndi gawo lomwe likukula mwachangu pamsika wapanjinga.Amapezeka kuchokera kumitundu yambiri, pamitengo yambiri, komanso kudzera kwa aliyense kuchokera kumashopu apanjinga omwe amakhala ndi anthu ambiri ochita bwino kuti agulitse masitolo ngati Kmart.

Miguel Suarez, yemwe amakhala ku Windsor, wazaka 36, ​​adati adadziwa atangoyesa zaka ziwiri zapitazo kuti "adagwa m'chikondi."

"Ndinkagula njinga ... kuyesa zinthu zatsopano," adatero.“Nditapeza njinga yamafuta aja, ndinadziwa kuti ndi zimene ndinkafuna.”

Mabasiketi amafuta oyambilira pa nthawi yachisinthiko akuti adawonekera kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1980, zomwe zidapangidwa chifukwa chofunikira komanso kupangidwa kwa ana ake, komanso nzeru zatsopano za oyendetsa njinga omwe amamanga mabwalo ndi matayala wamba kuti athe kukwera ziwiri ndi zitatu- kudutsa chipale chofewa, madzi oundana ndi chipululu, kumapanga njira yotakata yomwe ingawaletse kuti asamire.

Kuyesera koyambirira kudawonekera kwambiri ku Alaska, pa mpikisano wa Iditabike womwe unayambitsidwa koyamba mu 1987, ndipo pamapeto pake zidapangitsa kuti pakhale zinthu zoyengedwa bwino, zopangidwa kamodzi pazaka khumi ndi theka pambuyo pake.

Pomaliza, kunabwera tayala lalikulu ndi mawilo omwe adatsogolera mu 2005 kutulutsidwa kwa Surly's Pugsley, njinga yoyamba yamafuta yomwe imapezeka pamalonda.

Opanga apitiliza kukankhira envelopu, kupanga mawilo akulu, makulidwe osiyanasiyana a matayala ndi momwe amachitira, ndikuwonjezera kuyimitsidwa kwathunthu kumafelemu olimba.

Ponseponse, njingazo zangonenepa kwambiri, motero mitundu yatsopano "ili ngati njovu, njinga zonenepa kwambiri," adatero Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition, Gary Helfrich.

Helfrich adati amakwera tayala lalikulu la 3 1/2-inch, koma akuti mafuta enieni "ali m'gulu lomwe mukuyembekeza kuti mnzanu wapamtima agula, kuti mubwereke."

Tim Anderson, woyang'anira zochitika za boma ku Sonoma County Water Agency, adanena kuti adawona njinga yake yoyamba yamafuta ku Truckee pafupifupi chaka chapitacho koma adaganiza kuti mwina 62 anali wokalamba kwambiri kuti akhale wopanga.Mnzake wina anamutsimikizira kuti si choncho, ndipo mwezi wapitawo anagula imodzi yoti akagwire ntchito yake yonyamuka pakati pa Fountaingrove ndi ofesi yake pa Airport Business Center, kumpoto kwa tawuniyo.
Anderson anati: “Ndinali wokonzeka kupeza lingaliro latsopano.“Pali njira zambiri zosangalalira kukwera njinga, ndipo ichi ndi chatsopano kwambiri.Ndimasangalala nazo kwambiri.”

Njingayo, ngakhale imachedwa pang'ono kuposa yakale, imakhalanso yabwino kukakumana ndi phiri la 500 lomwe amayenera kukwera pobwerera kwawo.

"Ili ndi zida zotsika kwambiri, pafupifupi ngati thalakitala.Ndikhoza kungogaya phirilo usiku popanda zovuta zambiri,” adatero.

Chisamaliro cha anthu odutsa ndi chosangalatsa, nawonso.

“Anthu amandikokera m’magalimoto awo, ndi kugubuduka pambali panga nati, Kodi ukukonda?Ana panjinga zawo popita kusukulu akundigwedeza dzanja ndikumwetulira.... zakhala zosangalatsa kutengera chidwi chonse. ”…

Sikuti onse amagulitsidwa.

Yannick Calvez, 18, amagwira ntchito ku Cotati's Hub Cyclery ndipo adati adayesa njinga yamafuta kwa miyezi ingapo koma pamapeto pake adayigulitsa.Zinali ndi matayala a mainchesi atatu ndipo zinali "zophulika" kukwera, koma sizinali zosunthika monga momwe amafunira.

"Anthu omwe amakonda kwambiri njinga zawo zonenepa kwambiri," atero a Raphael Sonstein, manejala waukadaulo wa Mike's Bikes ku Petaluma, "iyi sinjinga yawo yoyamba.Ndi china chake chosiyana, ndipo ndicho lingaliro langa. "

Chitsime: pressdemocrat

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