Monday night, I caught a couple of unusual sights:
First, I had a great ride conquering a hill that I thought would kill me!
Nearing the top of the hill, I came around a curve passing a couple going to the opposite direction...on an unusual tandem!
She was in front on a recumbent and he was in the rear on a standard?!?!?!?!?
It looked very homemade in the brief glimpse I got. All I could say was "that looks like fun!"
Is this is a configuration that you've seen before? I thought it looked pretty cool!
The second sight...well, Aye can't say strange...but definitely unusual. As Aye was driving home from work, Aye saw a guy out cutting his grass in a kilt
Aye did a double take...and then felt guilty for looking twice
Aye can honestly say it is my first kilt-sighting outside of some festival!
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07-03-2007, 02:13 AM #1
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A standard/recumbent tandem and yardwork in kilts????
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07-03-2007, 03:38 AM #2
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If this is the first time you have seen a kilt outside of a festival then you do not live in Puget Sound (home of Utilikilts)!
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07-03-2007, 03:39 AM #3
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Was it a traditional kilt or a utilikilt?
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07-03-2007, 06:30 AM #4
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yes that recumbent combo is a standard make. We see them from time to time.
and another good place to see kilts is Buckingham palace!
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07-03-2007, 06:59 AM #5
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I've seen that type of tandem once. I thought it was a brilliant design--the person in the rear can look ahead to see scenery not just the back of the one in the front. I wonder how they handle, though?
As for kilts.....I once worked for a company with a open dress code. Many worked in shorts and one guy worked in shorts year round (high internal core temp). We were bought by a large multi-national who decided to impose a dress code and outlawed shorts. What they didn't count on was that the guy owned a full dress kilt. He worked in the kilt for quite a while--after all, it met the dress code
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07-03-2007, 07:27 AM #6
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DH and I want to get one of those tandem/recumbent combo bikes. We found a really nice one...
http://www.kinetics.org.uk/html/pino_race.shtml
And a larger picture...
http://www.kinetics.org.uk/Pino_Titan_Totale.jpg
On this one, the person in back has the steering/gear/brake controls...which would be me! LOL!
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07-03-2007, 07:44 AM #7
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That looks kind of awkward!
And we saw a utilikilt in Estes Park. Nothing I said could convince my son that it wasn't a skirt. He is a disgrace to his Scottish blood. LOL
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07-03-2007, 07:46 AM #8
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I've never seen one but that is sweet. I love bike porn...
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07-04-2007, 04:18 AM #9
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Traditional plaid...no squatting that I'm aware of...but I can honestly admit I felt guilty for looking twice!
Originally Posted by Kimmyt
Last edited by Mr. Bloom; 07-04-2007 at 04:21 AM.
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07-04-2007, 06:04 AM #10
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That reminds me, we never did get to see that "business on top, biker on the bottom" look.
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07-04-2007, 09:40 AM #11
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We see LOTS of utilikilts around here. I think they look very good!
Once in a while I see a woman wearing one, but they just look so much better on men.
I <3 kilts!"If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
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07-04-2007, 10:11 AM #12
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Give me a couple weeks. The horrible roadrash on my legs delayed me Originally Posted by zencentury
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07-04-2007, 10:27 AM #13
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I think Mr. Silver should get a utilikilt. When you've got nice biker legs, why not show them off!
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07-03-2007, 02:54 PM #14
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Originally Posted by Mr. Silver
Monday night, I caught a couple of unusual sights:
First, I had a great ride conquering a hill that I thought would kill me!
Nearing the top of the hill, I came around a curve passing a couple going to the opposite direction...on an unusual tandem!
She was in front on a recumbent and he was in the rear on a standard?!?!?!?!?
It looked very homemade in the brief glimpse I got. All I could say was "that looks like fun!" It was neat that she looked like she was reclining into his arms.
Is this is a configuration that you've seen before? I thought it looked pretty cool!
The second sight...well, Aye can't say strange...but definitely unusual. As Aye was driving home from work, Aye saw a guy out cutting his grass in a kilt Aye did a double take...and then felt guilty for looking twice Aye can honestly say it is my first kilt-sighting outside of some festival!
I know some scottish folks and was at a gathering one time and some men who wear kilts aren't always very good at "proper skirt etiquette". One was sitting in a chair talking to someone else and had on display his red and white boxers and they clashed with his kilt too. I had to leave the room for a few minutes
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07-03-2007, 04:05 PM #15
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As the old joke goes - You know what a Scotsman wears under his kilt?
His socks!
And the bike could have been a Bilenky Viewpoint http://www.bilenky.com/viewpnt.html
I've been tempted by the bike. It has a pretty cool idea of putting the stoker up front where they can see the road (as opposed to the captain's back side) and actually navigate. Somewhere on their website they had a travel journal of a man and 10 year old son who biked across America on one.
I'm envious that you saw one.Give big space to the festive dog that make sport in the roadway. Avoid entanglement with your wheel spoke.
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