First progress of front basket

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Nov 17th 2011 05:15
First progress of front basket
前かごの初期の進化

I found a proto type Mama bicycle at Shijyo Karasuma, the intersection between Shijyo street and Karasuma street last week.
先週、四条烏丸、四条通りと烏丸通りの交差点でまま自転車の初期型を見ました

The place is in the middle of Kyoto city and is located between Kyoto Imperial Palce and JR Kyoto station. So many people go and come there every time. (I will introduce a photo of the intersection in Gion festival. You will understand what many people gather there)

http://lang-8.com/166338/journals/557406/%25E5%25AE%25B5-%25EF%25BC%25A7%25EF%25BD%2589%25EF%25BD%258F%25EF%25BD%258E%25EF%25BC%25A6%25EF%25BD%2585%25EF%25BD%2593%25EF%25BD%2594%25EF%25BD%2581

ここは京都市の真ん中で、京都御所とJR京都駅の間にあります。なので、とてもたくさんの人が毎日行きかいます。(祇園祭のときなども、ここはものすごいひとです、わかりますでしょうか?)

Anyway, many brand-new things are always found as such a many people carry them.
とにかく、沢山の目新しいものがいつもあるわけです、それだけ沢山の物を沢山の人が身につけているわけですから。

On the other hand, the front basket and this mama bike are very old fashioned.
一方で、初期のまえかごとこのまま自転車はとても古くさいです。

But I imagine this innovation of the meshed basket was as brand-new as many other innovations. This is because I believe very few people seriously thought they could seat a child on the front basket on the bike. This old bike shows such a history, at least to me.
でも、このメッシュ化後の進化はそのほかの革新的なものと同じくらい斬新だったと考えます。なぜって、当時自転車の前かごを子供の椅子にしようと本気で考えた人はほとんどいなかったと思うからです。この古い自転車はそういう歴史をみせてくれています、まあ僕にだけですけどね。

I will also introduce the other old front basket and the bike which I saw yesterday at the west side of the Kyoto Imperial Palace. The black mesh type of the basket was also such a proto type of the other. Both bikes are made by Maruishi, the pionior of Mama Bicycle.
もうひとつ、昨日御所の西側あたりでみた古い前かごをお見せします。黒いメッシュタイプはもう一つのとおなじように初期型のタイプです。両方の自転車はまま自転車パイオニア丸石製です。

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