THese guys are neighbors - the kid rides in the back. (Yes, that's snow ;))[/QUOTE]
They must really trust each other!
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THese guys are neighbors - the kid rides in the back. (Yes, that's snow ;))[/QUOTE]
They must really trust each other!
No, he wasn't unusually tall -- well, not until he got on the bike, that is.Quote:
Originally Posted by redrhodie
Pam
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.
This is a tall bike my nephew made. He calls it Phobos.
http://martian.mit.edu/gallery/d/595...f5eb9cff_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 for his trip from Berkeley to the tip of South America. :)
http://wheelgirl.typepad.com/.a/6a00...13ba970b-320wi
Wow, that's a tall bike. How does he get on it? What are the white things just above the front wheel?
Pam
Bike parked in front of a store.
Pam
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.
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by jesvetmed
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.
Had to revive this thread today, because I just saw 2 people riding with sets of golf clubs. It looked hard.
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/...be90f632_o.jpg
You can see some better pics of it here. You'll need to scroll through the photos, the first half are of him on the mountain bike which isn't nearly as cool.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by JennK13
I thought I carried a lot of locks till I saw this bike.
I don't think so.Quote:
Originally Posted by divingbiker
You city folk...:rolleyes: ;)
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.
This is wild. I was trying to explain this to my husband on the phone. "His frame is hollow."Quote:
Originally Posted by loopybunny
"All bike frames are hollow."
I could see the eye roll over the phone.
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.
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."Quote:
Originally Posted by TrekTheKaty
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). 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!
Love your Wald baskets, ZenSojourner...I have them on one of my bikes--they're so great, aren't they?
http://www.schwinnbike.com/usa/eng/P...e-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!
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
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 heheQuote:
Originally Posted by JennK13
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by loopybunny
http://www.ppolnews.com/primages/83813_main.jpg
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by smilingcat
I'll ask.
I haven't personally seen this one, but I saw this self-locking bendy bike on Huffington Post this morning:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0...8.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
Until you start dripping sweat all over it on a hot summer ride.Quote:
Originally Posted by loopybunny
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.
I couldn't resist this photo op this weekend....hubs says it is my Cowasoki!
I would think you'd be able to find one used from a parent who's passenger has outgrown it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by buffybike
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. :)
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.
Okay I haven't actually seen this but....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BROYA12tQH4
I might like to see it just for fun!
Seen on the way to work. I just love the colors: :)
Another bike Friday:
Saw this while visiting Toronto several weeks ago ... a modified Big Dummy, family style.
If this is your bike "nice bike" :) Sort of a "poor man's Riv"
Wish I'd got a better picture. And also one of the bike during a delivery, instead of after.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_3...0/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. :)