interesting bike sightings

[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).



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.

[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!!!

[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...

[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.

[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

[Zen]

[TrekTheKaty]

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

[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). 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!

[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!

[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?