Conference bike

[Biciclista]

We celebrated my daughter in laws birthday with a conference bike. Rented for 4 hours, rode it to a park, had a picnic, brought it back..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pr5LpIBDSc

that's me in the red sweatshirt.

[oxysback]

I've never seen anything like that in my life! Looks like you guys were spinning pretty easily, though. Were there gears or anything?

[shootingstar]

I've seen that bike before..but never demonstrated.

So the person facing the road, is the steerer? It's a great thing ....hmmmm...got an idea.

:D A major cycling event is coming to Vancouver which I can't talk about it now. This might be fun for people to try out from all over the world.

[Aquila]

That looks fun :)

[OakLeaf]

Too funny! I'd be terrified to be facing backwards though.

[bmccasland]

Holy cow, that looks insane! :eek:

And I want to try it!

[arielmoon]

How cool is that???

[Owlie]

Too funny! I'd be terrified to be facing backwards though.

Same here. :eek: Now I want to try it, just not facing backwards (much!)

[malkin]

Fun!

Happy birthday to her!

[PamNY]

I used to see those transporting tourists (I guess) in the Times Square area. They were shut down eventually, though I'm not sure of the legal basis. The confiscated bikes sat for months outside the police precinct building, looking oddly festive in that drab environment.

One of the complaints I read about was noise -- apparently riding one of those makes people shriek with delight? Or maybe they just happened to bike past a curmudgeon.

IIRC, our main cycling advocacy group did not support the party bike.

[OakLeaf]

I'm not sure of the legal basis

More than two abreast? :p

[HillSlugger]

How fast does it go?

[lauraelmore1033]

I've seen those on tv, but had no idea you could rent one. Did you see the picture on the Cascade BB of the newly married couple on one of those? Weird to see two in one week...

[KnottedYet]

Did you ride all the way to Golden Gardens!?!?! :eek:

I get the biggest kick every time I see that bike out, I'm so glad someone I know has finally been on it! Great video!

[snapdragen]

Very cool! I didn't know those things were real!


//ok, I don't get out much these days...:o

[schnitzle]

What a fun way to celebrate a birthday!! I didn't know you could rent them here, hmm that gives me ideas ;) It looks so fun, plus the added bonus of having people look at you wondering what the heck that thing is!

[marni]

There are several of those in Austin that I have seen when driving around with my DD. They look like great fun.

What a good way to celebrate a birthday. Felicitations to all.

marni

[Grog]

This is awesome, thanks for sharing!

And, Mimi, I love your socks. :)

[Biciclista]

questions to answer:
:D we got it up to almost 14 miles an hour with just my two sons pedalling, none of the rest of us could pedal that fast. It's a one speed and geared low.

:D we rode to golden gardens and back (about 6 miles total) and once we got to the park, my husband continued commandering the bike and getting strangers to ride it; i'm sure he rode it at least another 6 miles.

:D Scared? no, going backwards was not scary; although I kept trying to pedal backwards when i faced backwards because it just made sense. If you notice, i am the most timid of the riders (holding on with both hands) but it didn't matter where I sat, it was the same feeling, kind of like being in a hot tub

Cars were pulling over to take videos, as were cyclists and pedestrians. Everyone that passed us was waving and smiling. There was no problem with traffic at all.
Made me wish I had one for my commute!!!

[GLC1968]

Wow, I've never seen anything like that before! How fun!

I think I'd get motion sickness if I were one of the ones riding backwards. :o

[Biciclista]

You know, it's no worse than sitting on a train going backwards... and we were so busy looking at everything and talking and stuff... if you can see my son who is sitting backwards, he wasn't even feeling the need to hold on!!

[GLC1968]

You know, it's no worse than sitting on a train going backwards...

Something I cannot do! :(

I would imagine that the bike wouldn't be as bad since it's not moving that fast.

Great idea for a birthday gathering, by the way!

[PamNY]

Wow, I'm impressed you went that fast. It does look like fun.

[Biciclista]

well, usually we were going about 8 mph... not fast at all...

[Groundhog]

well, usually we were going about 8 mph... not fast at all...

Mimi, can you tell me where you rented it?

[sgtiger]

That looks like a fun way to spend a birthday.

Groundhog - Dutch Bike Co. Seattle has them for rent.

[Biciclista]

That looks like a fun way to spend a birthday.

Groundhog - Dutch Bike Co. Seattle has them for rent.

that's where we rented it. open 7 days a week.

[roguedog]

Very cool! I didn't know those things were real!
//ok, I don't get out much these days...:o


Snap.. I see Googlers riding around on this thing around Googleville all the time... along with the gazillions of their one speeders. :/ THough I haven't seen it lately but then I don't work in MV anymore.

[Groundhog]

That looks like a fun way to spend a birthday.

Groundhog - Dutch Bike Co. Seattle has them for rent.

THanks!

[Bike Chick]

That's just too cool!! How fun:D

[Catrin]

That just looks like fun! Slow, yes, but that isn't the point for such a fun contraption :)

[azfiddle]

Hi Mimi- yes looked like a really fun thing to do. Somehow, your DH had already sent that to my DH to view.....

[Biciclista]

Hi Mimi- yes looked like a really fun thing to do. Somehow, your DH had already sent that to my DH to view.....

ah, i'm glad they're friends!