Mafuta mabhasikoro achiwana traction pakati peSonoma County mabhasikoro

Pakutanga kuona, bhasikoro rakakora rinoita sechimwe chinhu chinokwidzwa nekatuni clown oughta, matai aro makuru, akazvimba sezvinei zvinokurudzira bhutsu huru pavakomana vane heti diki-diki.

Mugadziri webhasikoro ane mafuta anotungamira, Surly, anototengesa 4-inch-wide wheel rim inonzi "Clown Shoe."

Asi mukati memakore gumi kana kupfuura kubvira kambani yeMinnesota-yakatanga kuunza bhasikoro rine mafuta pamusika mukuru, mafuremu anorema-seti ane gobvu, matai anorovera awana chiremerera chakakomba munyika yekuchovha bhasikoro - kunyangwe vateveri vachiti vanonyanya kufarira kuatasva nekuti. vanonakidza kwazvo.

"Zvakangofanana nekuva nemakore mana uye kuchovha bhasikoro rako rekutanga," akadaro mugari weSanta Rosa Sebastian Brewer, mumiriri wemafuta anoremekedzwa.“Zvinoshamisa chose.Zvinoita kuti manyemwe, anopenga.”

Kubva pamabhasikoro ekutanga akaunganidzwa mumagaraji uye maworkshops, zvakanyanya nevatyairi vemabhasikoro munzvimbo ine sinou yekuchamhembe vachishuvira kubuda pamavhiri maviri munguva yechando, mabhasikoro ane mafuta akabudirira kuwana niche munzvimbo huru, kunyanya pakati pevachovha vemakomo seBrewer.

Matai awo akafara, akadzika-simba anopa ndege yakafara yekubatana nepasi, ichipa kubata, kukwezvwa kwepamusoro uye kubatwa-batwa uku ichibvumira kuyerera pajecha, sinou uye madhaka, pamwe nekugadzikana panzvimbo ine marara kana matombo, kunyangwe panguva yakanyanya. low speeds.

Kunyangwe ichiri chinyowani mune zvakasikwa zvinogarwa zvakanyanya nemabhasikoro emumigwagwa akatetepa uye matatu, mabhasikoro emakomo ane tsandanyama, mabhasikoro ane mafuta - mamwe ave nematayi anosvika masendimita mashanu paupamhi - anonzi ndiwo ari kukurumidza kukurumidza chikamu chemusika wemabhasikoro.Zvinowanikwa kubva kumhando dzakawanda, pamitengo yakawanda, uye kuburikidza nemunhu wese kubva kuzvitoro zvebhasikoro zvinopa mhomho yepamusoro yekuderedza zvitoro seKmart.

Windsor mugari Miguel Suarez, makumi matatu nematanhatu, akati akaziva paakaedza rimwe makore maviri apfuura kuti "akadanana."

"Ndaitenga bhasikoro ... ndichiedza kuedza zvinhu zvose zvitsva," akadaro."Pandakangosangana nebhasikoro riya rakakora, ndakaziva kuti ndizvo zvandaida."

Mabhasikoro ekutanga emafuta epanguva yekushanduka-shanduka anonzi akaonekwa mukupera kwema1980, chigadzirwa chekudikanwa uye kugadzirwa kwevana, uye hutsva hwevatyairi vemabhasikoro avo vakabira marimu nematayi akajairwa kuitira kuti vakwanise kuchovha maviri nematatu- yakatarisana nemhiri sinou, chando negwenga, zvichiita kuti pave nemutsetse wakafara waizoita kuti vasanyura.

Kuedza kwekutanga kwakaonekwa zvakanyanya muAlaska, pamujaho weIditabike wakatanga kutangwa muna 1987, zvikazoita kuti pave nezvimwe zvakanatswa, chimwe-chigadzirwa makore gumi nehafu gare gare.

Pakupedzisira, kwakauya vhiri rakakura uye mavhiri akatungamira muna 2005 kuburitswa kweSurly's Pugsley, yekutanga inotengeswa mafuta bhasikoro.

Vagadziri vakaramba vachisunda envelopu, vachigadzira mavhiri makuru, upamhi hwematayi akasiyana uye maitiro, vachiwedzera kumira kuzere kumafuremu akaomarara.

Pakazere, mabhasikoro angofuta, saka mhando nyowani "dzakafanana nenzou, mabhasikoro akafuta," akadaro Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition Executive Director Gary Helfrich.

Helfrich akati anotasva tayi 3 1/2-inch yakakura, asi anoti mafuta echokwadi "ari muchikamu icho chaunovimba kuti shamwari yako yepamoyo inotenga imwe, saka unogona kukwereta."

Tim Anderson, maneja wehurumende weSonoma County Water Agency, akati akaona bhasikoro rake rekutanga remafuta muTruckee rinenge gore rapfuura asi akafunga kuti zvimwe makumi matanhatu neshanu akange anyanya kuchembera kuti ave mugadziri.Shamwari yakamutendisa neimwe nzira, uye mwedzi wapfuura akatenga imwe kuti ashande murwendo rwake pakati peFountaingrove nehofisi yake paAirport Business Center, kuchamhembe kweguta.
"Ndakanga ndakagadzirira zano idzva," Anderson akadaro.“Pane nzira dzakawanda dzekunakidzwa nekuchovha bhasikoro, uye ichi chiitiko chitsva chose.Ndinonakidzwa nazvo.”

Bhasikoro, kunyange richinonoka kudarika rekare, rakanakawo kana zvasvika pakutarisana nechikomo che500-foot chaanofanira kukwira achienda kumba.

“Iyo ine creeper gear yakadzikira, ingangoita setirakita.Ndinogona kungogaya chikomo husiku pasina dambudziko,” akadaro.

Kutariswa kwevanopfuura kunonakidza, zvakare.

“Vanhu vanouya kwandiri vari mumotokari dzavo, voumburuka padivi pangu voti, Uri kuzvida here?Vana vari pamabhasikoro vachienda kuchikoro vanondininira vachinyemwerera.... zvanga zvichinakidza kuwana tarisiro yese. "

Haasi munhu wese anotengeswa.

Yannick Calvez, 18, anoshanda kuCotati's Hub Cyclery uye akati akaedza bhasikoro rakakora kwemwedzi mishoma asi akazoritengesa.Yakanga iine matai matatu-inch uye yakanga "inoputika" kutasva, asi yakanga isinganyanyi kuchinja sezvaaida.

"Vanhu vanofarira mabhasikoro avo ane mafuta zvakanyanya," akadaro Raphael Sonstein, tech maneja paMike's Bikes muPetaluma, "iri harisi bhasikoro ravo rekutanga.Zvimwe zvakasiyana, uye ndizvo zvandinofunga nezvazvo. "

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