# Good Design in Everyday Life

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-design-in-everyday-life/412599>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 20, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-design-in-everyday-life/412599 "2007-07-20T23:26:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-design-in-everyday-life/412599/41 "2007-07-26T19:46:23Z")

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[QUOTE=Cardinal]  
So that means I can simply pick up your bike and replace the front wheel later, or saw off the pin? I don’t get how this is so great.  
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Well, it worked great until you went and gave away the secret to would be thieves!  
😛

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**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-design-in-everyday-life/412599/42 "2007-07-27T12:41:57Z")

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[QUOTE=Cardinal]  
So that means I can simply pick up your bike and replace the front wheel later, or saw off the pin? I don’t get how this is so great.  
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In a country with few vehicles no ones biking away on your ride. It wouldn’t work in the West, but here it’s effective enough to be common.

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