Re: New and old story

On Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:48:18 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
wrote:

Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 14:36:49 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
 

On 6/12/2024 2:31 PM, Zen Cycle wrote:

On 6/12/2024 1:35 PM, AMuzi wrote:

This caught my eye as I once started and ran a corporation
named Ariel. (tip o' the hat to James Starley)
 
https://cyclingindustry.news/auto-company-ariel-returns-to-bicycle-manufacture-after-92-years/

 
Prior to this, my only knowledge of Ariel was:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v4YNkurhLk
 
"It's so quick, it can destroy your entire face"
 
And a follow-up with the V8 version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zNPFcn3pAw
 

 
Cool. Sort of a Lotus Super Seven for this new century.
 
Ariel is noted among wheelbuilders for the first
tangentially spoked wheel.

 
Nice, but I think I prefer the Lotus 7.
 
https://caterhamcars.com/us/models/the-range
 

>
The 7 seems  of been a basis for number of cars, used be kit cars versions
as well.

Indeed. I once drove one, a Blakely Bantam. It was cute and fast, but
not a Lotus 7.

Plus lotus cars and know how being used on all sorts of cars.