interesting bike sightings

[redrhodie]

I saw 2 unusual bikes today. Not that weird, but weird enough...

First, I saw 2 people riding in really tight formation, not realizing until I was almost by, it was a tandem road bike. I know a lot of you ride them, but I don't see them very often around here. They were a man and a woman, and they looked very cool in their mismatched jerseys. I'd love to try one sometime.

Then, I saw a bike cop in my town. He was riding REALLY slowly. My friend's bf is a policeman, and his belt is heavy, I think over 20 lbs! I wouldn't want to ride with one. It's funny, he was turning left from the far right lane. I would have taken the lane :rolleyes:.

[yetigooch]

The strangest thing I ever saw was a cyclist texting while riding....The rider was swerving left and right as I approached from behind.....Texting while riding any type of wheeled machinery is not good.

[redrhodie]

The strangest thing I ever saw was a cyclist texting while riding....The rider was swerving left and right as I approached from behind.....Texting while riding any type of wheeled machinery is not good.

Ha! I once saw a woman talking on a cell phone while riding up a hill she couldn't tackle. She fell, and was still talking. I heard Oops, I just fell. yeah, I'm okay. Let me pick up my bike now. Okay Bye.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

This reminds me!
A week ago DH and I were riding through town and we saw TWO TANDEM RECUMBENTS!!! I rang my little brass bell and we all waved at each other. :D

[msincredible]

Last summer I got to be part of an interesting bike sighting. :D

http://paularickert.net/albums/userpics/tandem11.jpg

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtFwCzsKGxI

(The giggling was because we suddenly discovered I couldn't see over the stoker's head! :p)

[Zen]

Does this count?
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb14/zencentury/DSC_0004.jpg

[Blueberry]

I saw one of the Dutch cargo bikes this afternoon - very cool!

[just1morebike]

I have two all time favorite sightings,
1. A young man with an exciting red afro riding no-hands while balancing a glass of iced tea on his head
2. a young woman riding a child's bike, wearing her flannel pyjamas and slippers, hair in curlers, coffee in one hand, cigarette in another. Had to look at that one twice!

[Zen]

2. a young woman riding a child's bike, wearing her flannel pyjamas and slippers, hair in curlers, coffee in one hand, cigarette in another. Had to look at that one twice!

That was me, on my way to the liquor store :)

[ZenSojourner]

Man that thing with the woman on the handlebars looks UNCOMFORTABLE! Can she get any leverage with that?

It looks so hard on the knees . . .

[msincredible]

Man that thing with the woman on the handlebars looks UNCOMFORTABLE! Can she get any leverage with that?

It looks so hard on the knees . . .

Are you talking about me? I wasn't sitting on handlebars.

http://paularickert.net/albums/userpics/tandem01.JPG

The seat is quite comfy, and the two riders have independent gear shifting. Climbing is a bit harder than upright but that is true for any recumbent. The captain puts in more effort than the stoker (stoker is in front). It just takes a lot of trust being in front like that and not being able to steer.

Now this ride I did in the Netherlands was not quite as comfortable. ;)
http://paularickert.net/albums/userpics/ivo_paula_sidesaddle.jpg

[Tuckervill]

I sure wish I knew how that independent gear shifting works on that tandem. You could explain it to me, but I'm better with pictures. The chances of me ever seeing a bike like that in person is so slim, I might as well quench that curiousity!

Karen

[IvonaDestroi]

I saw a really awesome Blinged out bike on the BART train the other day...

some sort of custom build. Big green cruiser style frame, Xtra tall handlebars with a boom box attached to 'em, awesome Gold details (big gold vintage style head lamp, pannier rack, handlebars, misc. smalll parts)... It had had white wall tires with big fenders, and a long 10 speed adapted chain guard. All brand new matching and shiny, with like 10 reflectors on each wheel. Awesome! :p

[Fredwina]

The 2007 IHPVA worlds in Zolder, Beligum:
http://www.rikkie-fotografie.be/fotogallery/WK%20ligfietsen%20zolder/index.php?
And you thought a counterpoint opus was weird?
http://www.rikkie-fotografie.be/fotogallery/WK%20ligfietsen%20zolder/DSC_2386%20kopie.jpg
;)

[IvonaDestroi]

[QUOTE=
And you thought a counterpoint opus was weird?

;)[/QUOTE]

Its like swimming... on land...

[ClockworkOrange]

Does this count?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3352/3494538791_b0ec4664c4_m.jpg

Yes, he counts, I think he is quite cute! :D

Clock

[nic840]

Rode with a few friends at the Strawberry Fields Forever ride in Santa Cruz/Watsonville almost a year ago. There were so many unicycles...they were on the 65mi and 100mi routes! It was crazy! No gearing, fixed gear and huge wheels.
There were some good climbs too! Amazing!
Here is some video we took while riding...look at the unicycle guy we pass...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIJb5VtUdWA

We are looking forward to riding it again in a few weeks!

[ZenSojourner]

Are you talking about me? I wasn't sitting on handlebars.

The seat is quite comfy, and the two riders have independent gear shifting. Climbing is a bit harder than upright but that is true for any recumbent. The captain puts in more effort than the stoker (stoker is in front). It just takes a lot of trust being in front like that and not being able to steer.

I know you weren't really on the handlebars (didn't know it was you at the time though, LOL!), I was being a bit facetious.

It just looks so uncomfortable! How do you get any leverage to pedal like that? It's not the somebody-else-steering that would bother me, but the being-in-front-with-nothing-to-hang-onto!

I know you're used to it and probably very comfortable, but I'm not sure I'd have the nerve to try it myself.

[sundial]

2. a young woman riding a child's bike, wearing her flannel pyjamas and slippers, hair in curlers, coffee in one hand, cigarette in another. Had to look at that one twice!

Lol! :D :D

[sundial]

Does this count?
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb14/zencentury/DSC_0004.jpg

Didja ride?

[Tuckervill]

Well, THAT'S a double entendre!


:D

Karen

[Mr. Bloom]

The 2007 IHPVA worlds in Zolder, Beligum:
http://www.rikkie-fotografie.be/fotogallery/WK%20ligfietsen%20zolder/index.php?
And you thought a counterpoint opus was weird?
http://www.rikkie-fotografie.be/fotogallery/WK%20ligfietsen%20zolder/DSC_2386%20kopie.jpg
;)

Where can you get the glasses that allow her to see forward while looking down???

[Tuckervill]

That looks like a man to me.

I was curious about the glasses, too.

Karen

[emily_in_nc]

Last summer I got to be part of an interesting bike sighting. :D

http://paularickert.net/albums/userpics/tandem11.jpg


Cool! Is that a Counterpoint Opus? I've always thought they looked like a lot of fun. We've had both upright and recumbent tandems, but I finally lost interest in tandeming because I couldn't handle not being able to see where we were going! I am not sure I'd like the lack of handlebars, though...what do you do with your hands? I'd need dummy under-seat steering bars, like on our old Ryan recumbent tandem....

[ZenSojourner]

...what do you do with your hands?

Actually I've been picturing her with knitting needles or a crochet hook. Is there anywhere to put panniers to hold the unused yarn?

[msincredible]

Actually I've been picturing her with knitting needles or a crochet hook. Is there anywhere to put panniers to hold the unused yarn?

Love it! :D

I actually used my hands to take pictures during a ride, that was a novelty. During flats and downhills I didn't feel the need for leverage, but on climbs I did grab the seat bars on each side.

It is a very exposed position though, does take some getting used to.

It is a friend's bike, I know it was one of a handful that were custom built, unfortunately I don't really have many more details on it.

[ibcycling]

I ride with several recumbent, tandems, and even an Opus. Don't see many of these though.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c347/ibstitchin/DSCN0006.jpg

It belongs to my old neighbor. They went across Alaska on it last year. Doesn't turn too sharp though. LOL

Lora

[msincredible]

There's someone who rides a penny farthing around Palo Alto (sorry crappy cell phone pics):
http://paularickert.net/albums/userpics/pennyfarthing1.jpg

http://paularickert.net/albums/userpics/pennyfarthing2.jpg

Interesting bike racks:
http://paularickert.net/albums/userpics/normal_bikerack2.JPG

http://paularickert.net/albums/userpics/normal_bikerack1.JPG

Bike taxis in Singapore (sadly when I tried to take one I was told 2 miles was too far for them to ride :confused:)
http://paularickert.net/albums/userpics/normal_02-Singapore_bike_taxis.JPG

Child seat on Dutch bike:
http://paularickert.net/albums/userpics/normal_15-Dutch_bike_babyseat.JPG

[kenyonchris]

I saw 2 unusual bikes today. Not that weird, but weird enough...

Then, I saw a bike cop in my town. He was riding REALLY slowly. My friend's bf is a policeman, and his belt is heavy, I think over 20 lbs! I wouldn't want to ride with one. It's funny, he was turning left from the far right lane. I would have taken the lane :rolleyes:.

I am a IPMBA bike officer (International Police Mountain Bike Assn)...we are taught to take the lane...and turn from as far right as is practicable.
My stuff weighs a ton. Vest itself weighs about 4 lbs. My belt has radio, flashlight, handcuffs, gun (with gunlight....the gun weighs about 1 lb and a half), spray, and baton. My extra cuffs hang on my vest inside my shirt, and my knife is in my pocket. In my shirt pocket I have cell phone, cards, notepad, and ID. In the bike bag I have ticket book, spare bike stuff, and water. The way we are taught to ride is really different from how I ride not on duty....in this crazy easy gear, we pedal a lot and go nowhere...the idea being that it is easy to balance when your center of gravity is over the pedals...when you are pedaling. And since we go pretty slowly through crowds and stuff, that is the stuff they make us practice. If I am in the park I ride like that, but if I am on the road I grab a few gears and ride like normal....albeit it is much harder riding that heavy bike with all that gear.

Now, funny thing I have seen.....a boy on a bike holding a chicken in one hand and a watermelon in the other...riding with no hands. I had no clue how he was doing it, but he was.

[Tuckervill]

Was the chicken alive?

Please say the chicken was alive. That would make the picture in my mind so much more hilarious.

Karen

[bmccasland]

One day driving down the freeway in central California I an semi-truck hauling an almost empty flat bed trailer. The only thing on the trailer was a little girl's pink bike, complete with pink handle bar streamers, and training wheels. The pike was strapped in upright right in the middle the trailer - all I could think of was that Daddy was coming home, with quite the presentation for his little girl!

I hoped it didn't get too many bug splats before he got home - for all I know he may not have had had far to go. I couldn't imagine driving a long haul with the bike unprotected.

There it was in all it's glory - a little pink bike on a big flat bed semi trailer! :D

[shootingstar]

A few days ago I was cycling on a residential quiet street. Noticed a guy cycling quite slowly with a long bike box at the back. When I got closer, it was a long wooden planter over 10 inches deep, filled with fresh soil.

No wonder. You have to get close up to get the right picture.

[ttaylor508]

Last summer on our way to Eastern Washington we saw a guy pedaling a mountain bike going backwards. He was pedaling forward like a normal bike, but was moving backwards. Weirdest thing I ever say. It was like a movie being rewound. He must have rigged the bike up somehow to be able to pedal forward and move in reverse. He was obviously doing it for attention. I just hope he had a mirror to see where he was going.

[andtckrtoo]

One day driving down the freeway in central California I an semi-truck hauling an almost empty flat bed trailer. The only thing on the trailer was a little girl's pink bike, complete with pink handle bar streamers, and training wheels. The pike was strapped in upright right in the middle the trailer - all I could think of was that Daddy was coming home, with quite the presentation for his little girl!

I hoped it didn't get too many bug splats before he got home - for all I know he may not have had had far to go. I couldn't imagine driving a long haul with the bike unprotected.

There it was in all it's glory - a little pink bike on a big flat bed semi trailer! :D

AWWWW!!!!!

[kenyonchris]

Was the chicken alive?

Please say the chicken was alive. That would make the picture in my mind so much more hilarious.

Karen

Oh yes, the chicken was alive. It looked like a very happy, windblown chicken. It made eye contact with me as I went past, as if to say, "Peace out, sister."

[cylegoddess]

I know this is a old thread but this was WIERD.
Two bikes ; one a double bike ( two frames welded on each other, Vertically! then the rider, way up at top.) I was impressed until I saw his new bike. FOUR frames, welded vertically, so the guy is like 15-18( ?) feet in the air and RIDING down my bike path past me! he have to climb on his house to get on the thing! hes a bit famous in my town , i think.

[ZenSojourner]

OMG, I have NIGHTMARES about being on a bike that tall . . .

riding down the street stuck way up in the air . . . .

and power wires coming up and can't stop . . . .

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

[PamNY]

Tall bike. I saw the guy riding this bike, but didn't see him getting on and off.

Pam

[redrhodie]

Tall bike. I saw the guy riding this bike, but didn't see him getting on and off.

Pam

Was the rider of this REALLY tall?

edit: I'm guessing not, as the saddle is in a normal place for where the pedals are.

[Geonz]

http://www.momentumplanet.com/files/imagecache/enlargment/files/images/lead/recumbent_tandem2_Phot_opt.jpeg


THese guys are neighbors - the kid rides in the back. (Yes, that's snow ;))

[redrhodie]

THese guys are neighbors - the kid rides in the back. (Yes, that's snow ;))[/QUOTE]

They must really trust each other!

[PamNY]

Was the rider of this REALLY tall?

edit: I'm guessing not, as the saddle is in a normal place for where the pedals are.

No, he wasn't unusually tall -- well, not until he got on the bike, that is.

Pam

[redrhodie]

Not bikes, but interesting...on today's ride, I saw a group of about 10 people riding Segways. I guess there's now a rental place in my town. Yippee :rolleyes:! Yet another cycling interference!

I can't wait for summer to be over.

[jobob]

This is a tall bike my nephew made. He calls it Phobos.
http://martian.mit.edu/gallery/d/5952-2/509854520_f1f5eb9cff_b.jpg



And this is Kurt, a great guy and fabulous mechanic who built up (& repaired) my Lynskey, with the touring bike he designed and built up (http://wheelgirl.typepad.com/web_log/2009/05/kurts-bike-for-the-job-of-riding-from-berkeley-ca-to-tierra-del-fuego-south-america-.html) for his trip from Berkeley to the tip of South America. :)

http://wheelgirl.typepad.com/.a/6a00e39333c02688340115707413ba970b-320wi

[PamNY]

Wow, that's a tall bike. How does he get on it? What are the white things just above the front wheel?

Pam

[PamNY]

Bike parked in front of a store.

Pam

[TrekTheKaty]

Saw a person on a unicycle yesterday. Not someone you see a lot in the midwest. It looked like he was concentrating hard, but still impressive.

[jesvetmed]

OK... I saw a guy with one of these yesterday at our club's annual big ride. And with the amount of wind we were riding against, it just seemed like it would act as one big sail, and take you backwards! I'm sure that's not true, but it seems that way to look at it.

[TrekTheKaty]

OK... I saw a guy with one of these yesterday at our club's annual big ride. And with the amount of wind we were riding against, it just seemed like it would act as one big sail, and take you backwards! I'm sure that's not true, but it seems that way to look at it.

I've asked that question a lot. It's possible with a strong wind, to go backwards in an airplane. I've wondered exactly how much wind it would take before my bike rolled backward!

[redrhodie]

Now I've officially seen everything. I saw a guy riding a bike carrying a fairly large TV (balanced on his handlebars) the other day. It was impressive.

[redrhodie]

Had to revive this thread today, because I just saw 2 people riding with sets of golf clubs. It looked hard.

[loopybunny]

Coolest bike... Burke Swindlehurst's Delta 7 Ascend. It's apparently a distraction when he races (before, during, and after).

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4541873189_91be90f632_o.jpg

You can see some better pics of it here (http://www.benkuhns.com/Clients/BurkePromos/index). You'll need to scroll through the photos, the first half are of him on the mountain bike which isn't nearly as cool.

[JennK13]

Ok, this one might be kind of gross to some, but it's true. So wish we had a camera!!!!

In Rexford, Montana for Thankgiving visiting my Aunt and Uncle. Last weekend of hunting season, so the men folk are out trying to fill my uncle's last two tags. Now, there is a large Amish community up there, so no motorized vehicles - many ride bicycle. All of a sudden, down the road comes what appears to be a man "riding" a deer with two wheels underneath it!!! The Amish hunter had "gutted" his deer, and put it up and over the saddle of the bike, the legs hanging down around it, head with a full rack laying across the handllebars, and he WAS riding the "deer" down the road!!!

[Zen]

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb14/zencentury/DSC_0328-1.jpg

[divingbiker]

Ok, this one might be kind of gross to some, but it's true. So wish we had a camera!!!!

In Rexford, Montana for Thankgiving visiting my Aunt and Uncle. Last weekend of hunting season, so the men folk are out trying to fill my uncle's last two tags. Now, there is a large Amish community up there, so no motorized vehicles - many ride bicycle. All of a sudden, down the road comes what appears to be a man "riding" a deer with two wheels underneath it!!! The Amish hunter had "gutted" his deer, and put it up and over the saddle of the bike, the legs hanging down around it, head with a full rack laying across the handllebars, and he WAS riding the "deer" down the road!!!

Uh, yeah, that's just gross.

[PamNY]

I thought I carried a lot of locks till I saw this bike.

[Zen]

Uh, yeah, that's just gross.

I don't think so.
You city folk...:rolleyes: ;)

[Trek420]

Seen at the local bike shop. We thought this is a novel idea whether safety conscious or just squirrelly toddlers. It even includes storage over the rear wheel.

[TrekTheKaty]

Coolest bike... Burke Swindlehurst's Delta 7 Ascend. It's apparently a distraction when he races (before, during, and after).
.

This is wild. I was trying to explain this to my husband on the phone. "His frame is hollow."

"All bike frames are hollow."

I could see the eye roll over the phone.

[PamNY]

This bike looks so proud of itself.

The basket makes it look like a delivery bike, but it wasn't parked near a restaurant, and it's in very good condition, so maybe it belongs to a commuter.

[loopybunny]

This is wild. I was trying to explain this to my husband on the phone. "His frame is hollow."

"All bike frames are hollow."


I find it hard to describe the bike to others. The best I have is, "It's like it's woven and you can see through the frame."

I have another shot of him from a more recent race and while you can't see the frame, it's casting a really cool shadow on his leg as he's coming around a turn (this shot (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49521477@N02/4721801917/in/set-72157624202633267/)). When I was talking to him after the race, people kept stopping and staring at the bike. I finally said to one of them, "You want to ask about the cool bike, don't you?" The guys mouth was gaping open. It was great!

[buffybike]

Love your Wald baskets, ZenSojourner...I have them on one of my bikes--they're so great, aren't they?

[buffybike]

http://www.schwinnbike.com/usa/eng/Products/Cruisers/Lifestyle-Cruisers/Details/1481-S10SPRD-Sprite-Plaid-Deluxe

I saw this plaid bike in a bike shop--it has a cup holder built into it.

I also like the WooHoo kid's trailer. It's a child's recumbent bike that attaches to rear of the adult bike. It even has panniers!

[buffybike]

Seen at the local bike shop. We thought this is a novel idea whether safety conscious or just squirrelly toddlers. It even includes storage over the rear wheel.

We rented one of those and attached it to our bike--my 6 year old LOVED IT. It's called a WooHoo. I'd buy one in a heartbeat if they didn't cost so much.

[schnitzle]

Ok, this one might be kind of gross to some, but it's true. So wish we had a camera!!!!

In Rexford, Montana for Thankgiving visiting my Aunt and Uncle. Last weekend of hunting season, so the men folk are out trying to fill my uncle's last two tags. Now, there is a large Amish community up there, so no motorized vehicles - many ride bicycle. All of a sudden, down the road comes what appears to be a man "riding" a deer with two wheels underneath it!!! The Amish hunter had "gutted" his deer, and put it up and over the saddle of the bike, the legs hanging down around it, head with a full rack laying across the handllebars, and he WAS riding the "deer" down the road!!!

That is the most creative and bizarre way to get a whole deer home. I wish you would have had a camera too! I wonder if his poor wife got the job of washing the bike after :P hehe

[Eden]

I find it hard to describe the bike to others. The best I have is, "It's like it's woven and you can see through the frame."

I've seen that bike before - there were articles about it when it first came out (they actually started out with a mt bike frame - it tends to get a bit clogged with mud....) It's made by a company called Delta 7 - and yes, they are super expensive!

http://www.ppolnews.com/primages/83813_main.jpg

[smilingcat]

Was going to say about delta7 bikes. Must be a royal pain in the arse to clean the frame.

How many boxes of q-tips do I need to clean out each opening of dirt, grime, and oil?

[loopybunny]

Was going to say about delta7 bikes. Must be a royal pain in the arse to clean the frame.

How many boxes of q-tips do I need to clean out each opening of dirt, grime, and oil?

I wouldn't imagine the road bike would be that bad, but the mountain bike I imagine would be terrible to clean.

I'll ask.

[channlluv]

I haven't personally seen this one, but I saw this self-locking bendy bike on Huffington Post this morning:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/12/why-didnt-i-think-of-that_n_643458.html#s113133

If this doesn't go directly to the image, it's number three or four in the queue of wish-I'd-thought-of-that inventions.

Roxy

[Cataboo]

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_fkR1_xTH524/TEQZ_NA2yBI/AAAAAAAACkQ/xolIVbt3BvE/s800/_IGP0197.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fkR1_xTH524/TEQaAHQ0CEI/AAAAAAAACkQ/Ifpw9ma9buE/s800/_IGP0198.jpg

[7rider]

I wouldn't imagine the road bike would be that bad, but the mountain bike I imagine would be terrible to clean.

I'll ask.

Until you start dripping sweat all over it on a hot summer ride.
Or get caught in a Spring shower when the roads are still covered with sand. Or ride over a patch of berries fallen off trees.

[abejita]

I couldn't resist this photo op this weekend....hubs says it is my Cowasoki!

[Trek420]

We rented one of those and attached it to our bike--my 6 year old LOVED IT. It's called a WooHoo. I'd buy one in a heartbeat if they didn't cost so much.

I would think you'd be able to find one used from a parent who's passenger has outgrown it :)

Here's a nice Scraper bike, one of two photos I took. The rider, a kid was so excited that I asked if I could take a picture of his wheels. Called his friend over "take his bike's picture too!" and did a trackstand while I took a snapshot. :)

[Kiwi Stoker]

In a recent trip to Egypt we saw a young man delivering pita bread on a bike.

He had a huge wooden tray-plank on his head piled with bread and rode one handed through tiny busy streets.

[DebSP]

Okay I haven't actually seen this but....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BROYA12tQH4

I might like to see it just for fun!

[Trek420]

Seen on the way to work. I just love the colors: :)

[Trek420]

Another bike Friday:

[kmehrzad]

Saw this while visiting Toronto several weeks ago ... a modified Big Dummy, family style.

[Trek420]

If this is your bike "nice bike" :) Sort of a "poor man's Riv"

[OakLeaf]

Wish I'd got a better picture. And also one of the bike during a delivery, instead of after.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_3vDkQwuSTy0/TUqcKnXVs4I/AAAAAAAAATM/luj0-3GOPI4/s800/IMAG0089.jpg

This bike belongs to the Continental Tire sportscar racing service crew. If you look closely you can see that the front end is made from a hand truck for carrying sportscar race wheels from the team garages to the tire tent and back. The whole front end tips back (just like a normal hand truck) and the truck handles serve as the handlebars for the bike. (It's possible the handles are modified for better ergonomics, I can't see them in the picture, and I had only a couple of seconds to snap this shot before the guy got on it and rode away.)

DH assures me that the race wheels and tires are very, very light, so handling the thing wouldn't be as impossible as I'd imagined.

I don't know much about car racing - it's not unusual for motorcycle racers and their crews to use bicycles to get around, as an alternative to pit scooters - but I've never seen a pedal vehicle being used to transport stuff at a motor race before, especially not a specially modified vehicle. :)

[Trek420]

Very nice beach cruiser sighted. Sorry it's sideways :)

[Trek420]

If this is your Bob Jackson bike with Brooks saddle and saddle bag .... I'm sorry about the drool. ;)

[redrhodie]

He's probably used to the drool. That bike looks loved.

Just to throw a monkey wrench into the T vs pear saddle debate, I saw a road bike with a banana seat the other day (the kind that goes on a stingray). I love the guy who listens to his own drum beat. I also counted 16 bikes at the grocery store rack in my town. I thought that was interesting for my town.

[TsPoet]

This is a recumbent trike with a cargo extender, a child's seat, and a windscreen for the child (who's name is Axl, other people in the photos are my friend, John, my SO, Ian, and Adrienne, Axl's mom; bottom photo has Adrienne, Jim, and Axl's Dad, Robbert, who co-own's Terracycle and built up the trike).
http://www.naturalsights.com/gallery2/d/6601-5/2011-06_0170BabyMover.jpg

http://www.naturalsights.com/gallery2/d/6607-3/2011-06_0175BabyMovers.jpg

Terracycle
http://www.terracycle.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=T&Category_Code=cmon

[OakLeaf]

Just to throw a monkey wrench into the T vs pear saddle debate, I saw a road bike with a banana seat the other day (the kind that goes on a stingray). I love the guy who listens to his own drum beat.

Don't those things need a double seatpost? I don't even remember. How did he have it attached???

[redrhodie]

I have no idea. I didn't get a very close look. The guy riding it looked like an artist type, no doubt some creativity was involved.

[OakLeaf]

I had to look for a picture. http://www.cambridgebicycle.com/design/vintage.htm The front seatpost is pretty much normal (might have a different clamp, but that wouldn't be too difficult to find/shim as needed); the rear seatpost/sissy bar comes up from the rear triangle where rack bosses would be.

[redrhodie]

I had to look for a picture. http://www.cambridgebicycle.com/design/vintage.htm The front seatpost is pretty much normal (might have a different clamp, but that wouldn't be too difficult to find/shim as needed); the rear seatpost/sissy bar comes up from the rear triangle where rack bosses would be.

Yes, it was exactly like that yellow one on the green bike. I wish I had gotten a picture. I think it just attached at the front, and was not attached at all at the back. It looked very unstable and silly (which was probably the point). I suspect this wasn't for comfort on centuries...but maybe this is the answer so many of us have been looking for!

Now, if it only had a cutout. ;)

[luv2climb]

Here's me riding a couple "tall bikes". These are homemade by one of my YouTube subscribers. He put on a tall bike show at our monthly Second Saturday art festival last month.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeIVHrvutps

Here's the rest of his tall bikes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xREtQv2hOyM

[bmccasland]

Getting on those tall bikes reminds me of trying to mount a 17-hand horse!

[owlice]

luv2, are they comfortable to ride? If so, I want one!

[luv2climb]

Getting on those tall bikes reminds me of trying to mount a 17-hand horse!
LOL! I don't know what a 17-hand horse is, but I imagine it's a tall horse. :D


luv2, are they comfortable to ride? If so, I want one!
Very comfortable once you get moving. I got used to it right away.

The owner was selling these bikes for $50 each. A bargain for all the work he had to do to make them! :)

[Trek420]

Meet Jack. I spotted these two on the floor of the Tip Top Bike Shop in the Temescal District of Oakland. I had to ask about them.

Designed by and being built for the shop these are two of the original 4 prototypes. They said the other two found good, loving, forever homes with customers who just had to have them :)

Too bad or maybe it's a good thing that the ones one the floor are not my size. No test ride today and we do have enough bikes. These look like a sweet design for a go anywhere, do anything city bike. :)

[Trek420]

Another view of the bikes :)

[OakLeaf]

we do have enough bikes.

Did you ever get a tandem?

[Trek420]

We tried one. It was like "Laurel and Hardy go cycling".;) Pretty humbling.

I had visions of our taking off and effortlessly sailing down the Burke Gilman, starting and stopping with ease :p Nope.

We tried a Comotion but I think the CoMotion Periscope would be a better idea when I get up there (which should be soon). Counterbalance Cycles has them in stock so trying one out should not be a problem.

But then we do have uhm, several bikes already so where to put a tandem is an issue.

I'm very short and not light weight. Knott is very strong it's still a challenge for a woman to be the kickstand and hold the bike while another gets on the bike. I was not expecting that brief feeling of falling over as you start up before getting up to momentum. That flipped me out a little.

I think the Periscope model would let us both have one foot on the pedal and start or stop in unison. None of that " :eek: :confused: we're falling over with a molto expensive bike that is not ours yet" feeling.

[winddance]

Meet Jack. I spotted these two on the floor of the Tip Top Bike Shop in the Temescal District of Oakland. I had to ask about them.

Designed by and being built for the shop these are two of the original 4 prototypes. They said the other two found good, loving, forever homes with customers who just had to have them :)

Too bad or maybe it's a good thing that the ones one the floor are not my size. No test ride today and we do have enough bikes. These look like a sweet design for a go anywhere, do anything city bike. :)

Ooh, I quite like the one on the left...very nice!

[Trek420]

I should have taken a better picture of the matching rear racks. I may have to go back :) But you can always find them here:

http://tiptopbikeshop.com/

The bike is named Jack for a British country farmer who also happens to be the LBS owners father (or maybe grandfather, I forget). The idea being a simple, well built, beautiful county, utility bike.

That was also the name of my Dad, who was also a country farmer :) So how could I not love this bike.