Has anyone else noticed how bloody technical these things are getting? My
kids are grown up, no grandchildren yet, so I don't have any recent
experience of them. I've been noticing lately that the ones with three
wheels like bike wheels sometimes have steering by castor action on the
front wheel, sometimes not. But today my attention was attracted by
something very shiny on one I saw being pushed round Tesco, just as it
disappeared up an aisle, and when I saw it again I had a closer look, and it
was fitted with a disc brake on the front wheel! WTF does a baby buggy want
with a disc brake? OK, mustn't overshoot the sweeties and ice creams, but
come on, this is taking the piss.

Steve

> Has anyone else noticed how bloody technical these things are getting? My
> kids are grown up, no grandchildren yet, so I don't have any recent
> experience of them. I've been noticing lately that the ones with three
> wheels like bike wheels sometimes have steering by castor action on the
> front wheel, sometimes not. But today my attention was attracted by
> something very shiny on one I saw being pushed round Tesco, just as it
> disappeared up an aisle, and when I saw it again I had a closer look, and 
> it
> was fitted with a disc brake on the front wheel! WTF does a baby buggy 
> want
> with a disc brake? OK, mustn't overshoot the sweeties and ice creams, but
> come on, this is taking the piss.


Next they'll be fitting NOS systems...........

Peter

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> Next they'll be fitting NOS systems...........


Nappy overflow sensor?

cheers,
clive

>> Has anyone else noticed how bloody technical these things are getting? My
>> kids are grown up, no grandchildren yet, so I don't have any recent
>> experience of them. I've been noticing lately that the ones with three
>> wheels like bike wheels sometimes have steering by castor action on the
>> front wheel, sometimes not. But today my attention was attracted by
>> something very shiny on one I saw being pushed round Tesco, just as it
>> disappeared up an aisle, and when I saw it again I had a closer look, and 
>> it
>> was fitted with a disc brake on the front wheel! WTF does a baby buggy 
>> want
>> with a disc brake? OK, mustn't overshoot the sweeties and ice creams, but
>> come on, this is taking the piss.


Same reason same people have a great big 4x4 and window signs that say "baby 
on board" - a form of status symbol


>
> Next they'll be fitting NOS systems...........


Noxious-oxides?  Don't the babies come with those systems already 
installed!???

Darren

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>
>> Next they'll be fitting NOS systems...........
>
> Nappy overflow sensor?
>
> cheers,
> clive


Angry Baby Sensor?
Dummy Over-Heat Control?
Screaming Infant Pacifying System?

Si

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> > Next they'll be fitting NOS systems...........
>
> Nappy overflow sensor?
>
> cheers,
> clive
>

Ha, you just reminded me of something else I saw recently. I'm in the
building society, and there's a mum with a kid in buggy and mum is talking
to the manager.

Kid- "mummy"


Mum " Wait a minute darling", keeps talking to manager.


Kid "mummy" Mum keeps talking to manager.


Kid -insistent now " Mummy mummy mummy"


Mum keeps talking .


"MUMMY"

"Just a minute darling, I'm nearly finished"

even louder "MUMMY"

Mum- annoyed now -" Wait a minute" through clenched teeth.


Loudest voice yet-
"MUMMMY MUMMMY MUMMY"

"All right all right, I'm coming now" Mum finishes talking to manager,
starts pushing buggy towards the door.



"MUMMY I WET MYSELF"

Puddle where buggy used to be demonstrates the truth of this statement.

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> >
> >> Next they'll be fitting NOS systems...........
> >
> > Nappy overflow sensor?
> >
> > cheers,
> > clive
>
> Angry Baby Sensor?
> Dummy Over-Heat Control?
> Screaming Infant Pacifying System?
>
> Si


and dont forget the 2.9TI

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> OK, mustn't overshoot the sweeties and ice creams, but
> come on, this is taking the piss.


Worse, they're still too small for me to push comfortably.

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shazzbat wrote:

> Has anyone else noticed how bloody technical these things are
> getting? My kids are grown up, no grandchildren yet, so I don't have
> any recent experience of them. I've been noticing lately that the
> ones with three wheels like bike wheels sometimes have steering by
> castor action on the front wheel, sometimes not. But today my
> attention was attracted by something very shiny on one I saw being
> pushed round Tesco, just as it disappeared up an aisle, and when I
> saw it again I had a closer look, and it was fitted with a disc brake
> on the front wheel! WTF does a baby buggy want with a disc brake? OK,
> mustn't overshoot the sweeties and ice creams, but come on, this is
> taking the piss.


Probably the 'Jane Powertrack 360'.

I was always dissatisfied with the brakes on our buggies - usually just a 
bar that pushed in between the plastic spokes.

And yes we did explore widely enough and to dodgy enough places that a 
decent and controllable brake would have been useful...

In article <dbm3pg$lra$2@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk>, shazzbat says...

> Has anyone else noticed how bloody technical these things are getting? 


Whats even more scary is the ease at which women manage to unfold them.


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> In article <dbm3pg$lra$2@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk>, shazzbat says...
> > Has anyone else noticed how bloody technical these things are getting? 
> 
> Whats even more scary is the ease at which women manage to unfold them.


With practice, anyone can do it.

I'm a whizz with our McLaren. They *look* complicated, but they're not[0]. 
With ours, you just pull the handle away from the wheels, and then press a 
foot lock thing in.

Collapsing is pretty much the same, but there's a safety interlock which 
means you can't collapse it with your urchin in it.

Pete.

[0] Having seen some of the excuses for parents on TV, they can't be too 
complicated, or they'd forget what they were doing halfway through it. 

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> Collapsing is pretty much the same, but there's a safety interlock which 
> means you can't collapse it with your urchin in it.


Pah - these Health and Safety designs really take the fun out of life.

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> Pah - these Health and Safety designs really take the fun out of life.
>


True. I was going to say with some of the little basdarlings round here that
wouldn't be a safety feature, it would be a design flaw.

Steve

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> conor.turton@gmail.com says...
> > In article <dbm3pg$lra$2@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk>, shazzbat says...
> > > Has anyone else noticed how bloody technical these things are getting? 
> Collapsing is pretty much the same, but there's a safety interlock which 
> means you can't collapse it with your urchin in it.


So you've tried then? And why can't you release the safety catch while 
they're in? (-:

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Nah it's there for the Dad's when they get involved in the buying - bit
like flash alloys and go faster badging on the car.

Ours does indeed have a front disc brake, castoring  front wheel etc.
but seriously, that front brake is a handy bit of kit going downhill.

Now, if I can just get a small spoiler from somwhere..........

Ian

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You already have a small spoiler, as you will discover as it grows up.

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> pete_news@lethe.org.uk says...
> > In article , 
> > conor.turton@gmail.com says...
> > > In article <dbm3pg$lra$2@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk>, shazzbat says...
> > > > Has anyone else noticed how bloody technical these things are getting? 
> > Collapsing is pretty much the same, but there's a safety interlock which 
> > means you can't collapse it with your urchin in it.
> 
> So you've tried then? And why can't you release the safety catch while 
> they're in? (-:


The catch just makes it harder to collapse.

Their torso is the *real* thing that stops it collapsing ;-)

Pete.

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I've seen them too :)
I've also seen one which is a tripod with the baby seat perched on the top
?

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> Has anyone else noticed how bloody technical these things are getting? My
> kids are grown up, no grandchildren yet, so I don't have any recent
> experience of them. I've been noticing lately that the ones with three
> wheels like bike wheels sometimes have steering by castor action on the
> front wheel, sometimes not. But today my attention was attracted by
> something very shiny on one I saw being pushed round Tesco, just as it
> disappeared up an aisle, and when I saw it again I had a closer look, and 
> it
> was fitted with a disc brake on the front wheel! WTF does a baby buggy 
> want
> with a disc brake? OK, mustn't overshoot the sweeties and ice creams, but
> come on, this is taking the piss.
>
> Steve
>
> 

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> I've also seen one which is a tripod with the baby seat perched on the top


That's the Martian version, innit?

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>> I've also seen one which is a tripod with the baby seat perched on the 
>> top
>
> That's the Martian version, innit?
>

it looked more like one of them things you use to do painting on


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> >
> it looked more like one of them things you use to do painting on


A bus shelter?

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> >> I've also seen one which is a tripod with the baby seat perched on the 
> >> top
> >
> > That's the Martian version, innit?
> >
> it looked more like one of them things you use to do painting on
> 


That'll be the Stokke puschair/pram/buggy thing.

Every time I see one, I think "What were they thinking of?"

http://www.backinaction.co.uk/xploryinfo

It doesn't look to weird here, but when it's got the *baby* (as opposed to 
toddler) seat on, *then* it looks odd.

Pete.

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>> >> I've also seen one which is a tripod with the baby seat perched on the
>> >> top
>> >
>> > That's the Martian version, innit?
>> >
>> it looked more like one of them things you use to do painting on
>>
>
> That'll be the Stokke puschair/pram/buggy thing.
>
> Every time I see one, I think "What were they thinking of?"
>
> http://www.backinaction.co.uk/xploryinfo
>
> It doesn't look to weird here, but when it's got the *baby* (as opposed to
> toddler) seat on, *then* it looks odd.
>

i was swung by their arguements and decided to go ahead and purchase one, 
even though i have no children it would come in handy at some point

theni saw the price and thoguht "fuck no!!!! a buggy can't be THAT 
expensive!!!!! 499!!!!!"



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> It doesn't look to weird here, but when it's got the *baby* (as opposed to 
> toddler) seat on, *then* it looks odd.


It appears the idea it to raise the kid to a height from which they can
see interesting things and interact with adults.

Good idea - but I did it by using a sling and then a backpack. Buggies
are too short and I keep kicking 'em.

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> Next they'll be fitting NOS systems...........


And ATM machines, with PIN numbers, SIM modules and other redundant three 
letter RTLA acronyms.

Pete Smith  wrote:


> > >> I've also seen one which is a tripod with the baby seat perched on the
> > >> top
> > >
> > > That's the Martian version, innit?
> > >
> > it looked more like one of them things you use to do painting on
> > 
> 
> That'll be the Stokke puschair/pram/buggy thing.
> 
> Every time I see one, I think "What were they thinking of?"
> 
> http://www.backinaction.co.uk/xploryinfo


'How fucking much?'
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> Pete Smith  wrote:
> 
> > > >> I've also seen one which is a tripod with the baby seat perched on the
> > > >> top
> > > >
> > > > That's the Martian version, innit?
> > > >
> > > it looked more like one of them things you use to do painting on
> > > 
> > 
> > That'll be the Stokke puschair/pram/buggy thing.
> > 
> > Every time I see one, I think "What were they thinking of?"
> > 
> > http://www.backinaction.co.uk/xploryinfo
> 
> 'How fucking much?'
> 


Try a fully loaded Bugaboo Frog.

http://www.twoleftfeet.co.uk/Bugaboo_Frog.html

That's a wheel frame, main frame, and 2 nylon things you add to turn the 
frame into a carry cot or pushchair.

18 months ago, it was about £800!

Bear in mind that these aren't strollers. You can't put young babies (up to 
sitting up age) in a "sit up" conveyance, because it wrecks their spine.

If you want expensive, try Silver Cross. You'll look like Mary Poppins.

Pete.

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