再度閉門造車 IV

沒日沒夜的開會, 車架從膠合之後就沒再見過了.

聽說已經膠合完成, 連間隙補膠都補完了.

還被拿去給現場弟兄補磨去了. 這一段沒有自己去做, 心裡有些許作弊的感覺.....

雖說自己下去磨多半也是會碰到 "閃開, 讓專業的來!" 如此這般的情況吧?

好事多磨..... 拜託也留些給我磨吧?

To be continued.... ---->>>>

verdammt

在這封閉的環境下, 人大致可分為兩種.

第一類, 那種以自己為中心的, 得知事發時第一個念頭是 "怎麼會這樣? 一定是那個誰誰誰害的!" 不做求證, 直下結論. 錯的永遠是自己以外的其他人. 這些人無敵. 火都永遠燒不到他們. 問題總有替死鬼幫他們扛.

還有就是那些第一個念頭是 "是不是我做錯了什麼?" 的人. 這些人就是注定要受實質上的折磨苦難.

封閉環境下的定律如此. 但是在打破這虛偽封閉的外殼之後, 又將會是如何呢?

UR

DJ Tiësto - UR (feat. Aqualung)

Wish I was a better man,
Wish I had a better plan for dealing with this.....
What am I, what am I to do now?

Maybe I should run away?
Maybe I could run away and never be found.....
What am I, what am I to do now?

The way I'm feeling.....
The dreams that I'm dreaming.....
Can this really be happening?
Can this really be true?

You are.....
My love of my life,
My heart and my soul,
Just trying to keep the world from smashing,
                                                        crashing in

I had this dream the other night,
I had this crazy dream the other night.....
How have I?
How have I arrived here.....

My heart is elated.....
But my head is exhausted.....
This is powerful magic.....
Can it really be true?

You are.....
My blood is in your blood,
My breathe is in your mouth,
Just trying to keep the world from smashing,
                                                        crashing in

What about us?
What about all the plans that we made?
What about all those careful plans,
Those careful plans we made?
And nothing's clear.....

Full of fear,
Full of hope,
Full of you.... are.....

My love of my life,
My heart and my soul,
Just trying to keep the world from smashing,
                                                        crashing in

My blood is in your blood,
Just trying to keep the world from smashing,
                                                        crashing in....

Nov. 續

Gundam Ace 中文版 死亡

所以我就說該死的 11月從來沒好事..... 他嘜的都到最後了還來一記回馬槍........

不過比起另一件不願多談的, 這算小事了. 人生真是狗屎東西.

Nov.

總是如此

就像當年家犬辭世

十一月總是不曾有好事

不會有好事

老闆, 來份和煦的陽光.

這兩天來台灣島一直被籠罩在大颱風-JIANGMI的陰影之下.



本來打算週六一早出外騎車散散心 - - - - - 一早就遇到雨.

那週日早上來騎吧 - - - - - 颱風+雨

今年的颱風是怎樣, 只挑週末來台灣觀光就是了喔?????



反正就因為這樣, 老弟要收假回營也收不了, 我也只有宅在家裡蹲. 就想說乾脆來看看上週邊騎車邊拍的照片好了.



陽光螢幕中求.

這次照片全是使用 Sony Ericsson K810i拍的. 比起我以前的 K610i, 效果真是嚇人好. 不過看著這支 K810i手機上面打著 Cybershot的商標, 真攪不懂這支是能照像的手機, 還是能打電話的相機了. 數位產品真是.....

風和日麗, 啦啦啦~~~~~ ♥♥♥♥♥

Mavic Cosmic Carbone SL 首度上路~ ♥
喔喔微風啊陽光啊............... 給我等一下.....

這是怎樣??!! 彎曲的輻條?? 我估計我還騎不到曲速兩級吧

誰來告訴我這張照片可以用光學來解釋....... 啊, 上上一張照片裡輻條的影子也是彎的

靜止時輻條仍然是直的. 天氣仍然是好的.

快點給我出太陽啦! 你們別這樣我要騎車啦!

le grand retour

從對岸回來也有幾天了.

幾天之中反覆自我觀察的結果, 得到的結論: 我的脾氣變得更差了.
依慣例, 這要遷怒於自己以外的因素. 嗯.
這趟出差真的是看遍大小爛事了. 人事物.
一肚子鳥氣還排放不完.

該是給自己放個假的時候了.

開箱

這是一篇開箱文.

這一天下班後, 家門口來了好大一個箱子.

就說是開箱子的雜文了咩. 沒什麼精彩之處. 箱子裡面還是箱子. 內容物是 Transformers: Animated 的玩具. 當初質疑卡通中造型不可能以實體重現, 不可能變形..... 現在看到實物不得不佩服現在的產品設計師工夫了得.

堆堆堆

活了二十餘年, 這還是第一次收到 Hasbro公司的紙箱.

紙箱內有兩個大隻佬.

另一綑紙箱內則是三個 middle boss..... Bulkhead有兩種大小版本耶.

說起來人生還真是真X媽奇妙的一種流程:
孩提, 有空玩玩具, 沒錢買玩具.
成年, 有錢買玩具, 沒閒玩玩具.

說起來, 自行車好像也差不多呢. 可以用金錢來完成 dream bike的時候, 多半身體已經無法完全發揮車體的最高效能........

雨日

他們說, 有堅定信心的人不會受到周遭事物動搖.
那麼, 我就算是不堅定的那一類吧.
天雨, 心情便隨著溫度計的汞向著地心沉下去.
天寒, 人寒, 身寒, 心寒.
顯然, 回想上週經過市區才發現漢堡王消失一事對情緒沒有正面的幫助.


人究竟是被現實追著跑
                還是追著現實跑?


我們什麼時候才學得懂?
什麼時候才懂得要去學?

Copyrights, left?

從以前聽人說中國仿造第一, 到自己親身體驗中國各種冒牌貨, 現在, 雖然是慢了許多, 也見證朋友文章被整篇直接複製的事情了.

以前上過關於網路使用規範的課程, 講到轉載文章的網路禮儀都會提到, 轉錄之前必須知會原作者, 取得原作者同意, 貼文也必須註明出處. 不知道海峽的另一頭所教的禮儀是否相同... 還是對大部分的人來說, 根本就不重要了?

大衛.西的 Sant'e 一文包括所有照片被完全轉錄. 當然還不只這篇, 其他的在該論壇隨便找找都找得到. 還有些圈內稍有名氣的人物所著文章也被.....

您今天也被複製了嗎?

零星

大衛.西 宣佈 ARGON18 E114 及 E112 開始全面投入戰場.

某人轉寄過來的, 關於騎車出事死亡的機率比活著等死的機率還高的統計及其他. 我怎會想到過去有人提出被雷打死的機率比被鯊魚咬死的機率高很多, 還有車禍死亡的機率高出搭飛機出事的機率之類的這些有的沒的........

werk

"獄卒說,

要是我們不試著逃獄,

國王會視我們的好表現考慮給我們放放風."

freewriting 20071030

After being stuck in China for almost a month, here I am back in civilization

and experiencing humanity again, only to be dispatched back to the barbaric landside again in just a few days. Anyways, since I'm back in a land where moaning about politics isn't considered crime and logic still manages to make sense, I'll just moan and complain all I want for a while.

Ever since I started my job working for a bike manufactorer, bikes, like as ever before, has been occupying my conscious 25 hours per day. It was a hobby before I entered the bike biz, it still is a hobby & lifestyle to me but, some sort of corrupted pressure and thoughts sneeked their way into what supposed to be the love & joy of my life. Thinking of it, perhaps it's not about the bike, but rather how those bikes were made, who they were made by, the puns that criticize them, all this stuff. Then again, without all these elements there wouldn't be a bike after all, and without critics a bike wouldn't be a bike neither.

Talking about these human powered vehicle, several things spring to mind... let me start from those Euro brands. I just could not understand why people are so obsessed with the site of manufacture, or to be precise, the claimed site of manufacture. Most prestigous Euro dudes buy their tubes and all the necessary alloy stuff from the Orient, sometimes even epoxy and paint and decals, slap their own logo on and voila! Made in Fritaly frame sold at a premier price to a proud fat North Americano customer that cares more about status than fact. These all happen under our nose and the reason for our fooling ourselves is due to, like what, ego? So sad this is reality.

People tend to assume that stuff made in the Orient are easy to do and having a carbon frame to be produced is like churning out hotcakes. How damn wrong they are. But then again who am I to debate against this torrential misconception? Recieving better education doesn't always having better output of anykind, and even though people I see in China are mostly uneducated and tend to repeat mistakes on a hourly basis, there are times I just can't help admiring the outcome of their work. Well, at least one time or twice a week.

Argon18 finally had their Element114 frameset covered on Cyclingnews.com. Even though this frame did not carry its master up to the podium, it's always nice to know that it did assist the rider to top the fastest time split on bike during the Hawai Ironman event.

And yeah, that Specialized Transition frame was really the surprise of the year. Congrats, Spesh.

Bikes for next year and the year beyond are starting to move to the whopper direction. I've been seeing in front and behind the scenes manufacturers are all asking for larger lower headtube bearings, integrated bottom brackets, and massive tubes for presumably better stiffness values. Stiffness, stiffness, with all the talk about stiffness = performance, I really wonder if has there been anyone did some sort of experience monitering to what extent can human beings really feel the difference between two different stiffness values? Well, we all know that feelings can be deceiving, perhaps it is possible that after all there's not much to be noticed regarding the issue of stiffness anyway? Oh yeah, I've been hearing a acquaintance moaning about his frame being toooo stiff for him, just to find out that it was his overinflated crappy tyres causing all his crappy problemos. There's always a difference between the suitable tyre pressure and the maximum tyre pressure, yo.

Darn, can I ever stop talking about bikes...............

No pictures for you this time, folks. All the best.

廣東Transition + 第四次 塘廈一日目+二日目+三日目

臨危受命, 公司突然通知需要我緊急出差大陸一趟.

雖然時間上相當趕, 但是工作就是工作, 我自己的選擇, 我當然不抱怨.

不知是否因為想到又是搭飛機又是要過關又要轉車, 心情浮躁, 在機場第一航廈的B1漢堡王點餐時, 過程不甚愉快.

這下我都不知道當時到底是對台灣沒什麼服務的服務業感到失望, 還是突然覺得大陸那邊的服務似乎也沒那麼差而感到欣慰了.

"呃, 我點的是套餐, 請問我的薯條呢?"
"我剛不是給你了嗎?"
(看著空蕩蕩的托盤) "........................"


附帶一提, 第一航廈地下室怎麼看都像古早的南門醫院地下室. 這跟第二航廈差太多啦. 機場不是國家的門面嗎......

免稅商店街的某店門外放了個好大的薩克, 可是店面完全沒有販賣鋼彈模型. 這又是怎樣了.

抵達塘廈, 進宿舍後反而收到驚喜: 上次請部門夥伴做的車架前叉已經做好了, 而且還特地拿到我的房間放! 感謝累主任特地幫我扛上樓來.

於是, 第一天的夜間, 用兩小時簡單組裝, 調整走線.

第二天第三天則是開會開到爆漿. 明天起總算可以稍微放鬆點了吧.

笨死的士

只是要證明我真的有看到賓士計程車. 用Sony-Ericsson K610i的玩具相機拍攝. 兩隻費可蛙一直擋我鏡頭, 找死.

看到使用在台灣賣這麼貴的交通工具來當做接送陌生人的生財工具, 不禁開始聯想這位運匠究竟是什麼樣的人? 什麼出身? 為什麼這麼做?

想像不等於實際狀況, 但是我想到老豆曾經說過現代有很多家裡富裕到不需要工作的人, 因為閒著也閒著, 以開計程車做興趣打發時間, 一方面多跟不同階層不同想法的人接觸, 藉此體驗其他人的人生. 開這輛賓士計程車的, 不知道是否也是如此呢?

想像不等於實際狀況, 但是一想到假使上述的想像成立, 那麼, 連不需要工作的人都會想藉由一份自己不需太在意收入與否的工作, 我們這些"凡人"又是.....? 志氣嗎? 這樣算是志氣或是尊嚴嗎? 那麼那種閒到會嫌自己太閒的閒人又是....? 我, 無法理解.

產地迷思

因為工作的關係, 常常需要進出亞洲區自行車產業的倉庫, 檢查產品設計圖及成品等.

這段期間因為上述原因, 看到了許多黑色三葉草/ 時代雜誌/ 倒臥血泊的白鴿.... 等等公司的未貼標產品. 我肯定我所待過的現場都不是, 至少現在不是, 歐洲任何國家的領土.


然而這些公司絕大部份還聲稱自家產品 "100%土生土長, 自產自銷".
真是放大屁.


選擇自行車及其零組件的考量很多, 但若只從 Form以及 Function去考量的話:
-- Form: 要稱之為 Style或 Fashion也行, 管你是美國德國法國還是義大利的設計師設計的, 產品的產地會影響這個項目嗎?
-- Function: 一樣管你是美國德國法國還是義大利的工程師設計的, 這又與產品的產地有何干?


產地在哪裡又如何? 產品的生產過程中是否有用心做好每一個環節還比較實際. 最終產品的品質比這還來得更加重要.
至於消費者方面... 花錢買下虛榮是個人選擇, 把錢投資給文宣也未嘗不可, 但是拿產品產地這項條件來貶人抬己也未免太過無腦.....
至於宣稱自家產品100%在哪裡或哪裡製造, 實則不然的廠商, 我想到的是前陣子流行過的對子:
<大樹無皮必死無疑; 人不要臉天下無敵>

相似度85%? 相同度100%啦....