RAND Advanced Technology Trail Blazer, blue 18” frame, single speed, 26” wheels, new tires, coaster brake in back, side pull brake in front, raised handlebars, bottle mount, kickstand, Bell saddle. $100
RAND Corporation is a globe-spanning think tank, headquartered in Santa Monica, with ties to the Pentagon, universities, numerous governments, economic foundations & technology companies big & small. It has deep roots in Silicon Valley. Over 30 Nobel Prize recipients have been associated with RAND. Way back in 1946, they published the forward-looking & highly influential report Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling Spaceship, which described the feasibility & implications of launching satellites into orbit. Herman Kahn – one of the inspirations for Dr. Strangelove himself – wrote On Thermonuclear War there, & with Robert McNamara developed the theory of mutually assured destruction (MAD). Daniel Ellsberg (Pentagon Papers), Francis Fukuyama (The End of History), Margaret Mead (Coming of Age in Samoa), Henry Kissinger (soulless war criminal), Condoleezza Rice (charismatic war criminal), Donald Rumsfeld (idiot war criminal), John Forbes Nash (A Beautiful Mind), John von Neumann (freakishly intelligent mathematician & computer scientist): all alumni.
None of this has anything to do with the RAND bicycle company, though. I just wanted to put it out there.
RAND the bike company built this sweet ride, which we’ve sweetened further with beautiful high-rise handlebars & especially luxurious grips. A simple, no hassle coaster brake in front, no shifters or derailleurs to distract you – it’s a lean clean riding machine. Ordinarily a bike like this would go for $1500 or more, easy, but we’re offering it to you only for $100. Just don’t tell anyone, OK?
