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Old June 11th 18, 12:34 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Emanuel Berg[_2_]
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Tim McNamara wrote:

OK, did they pay the English or did they
just shamelessly copy their original design?


BWAAHAAHAAHAAAHAAA!

You're a very funny fellow. Or perhaps
oblivious to the reputation that Chinese
companies have for stealing technology and
design from the West.


I take it the Flying Pigeon was a state-funded
project? How come the Chinese with all their
resources had to bluntly copy an existing bike?

With all their engineers and manufacturing
manpower even in the 1950-80s or whenever the
Flying Pigeon was at its peak, why couldn't
they pick pieces from different bikes that they
fancied, and put together something that wasn't
really original in essence, but at least had
its own style, look and feel?

Also, why did they pick such an old bike to
copy? (1913) Not that it was a bad bike, I'm
sure it was great, but still a pre-WW1 bike?

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