Conference bike

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.

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

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.

That looks fun :)

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

Holy cow, that looks insane! :eek:

And I want to try it!

How cool is that???

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Originally Posted by OakLeaf

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

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

Fun!

Happy birthday to her!

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.

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Originally Posted by PamNY

I'm not sure of the legal basis

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More than two abreast? :p

How fast does it go?

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...

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!

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


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