interesting bike sightings

[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?

[loopybunny]

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.

I'll ask.

[channlluv]

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

[Cataboo]

[7rider]

I wouldn't imagine the road bike would be that bad, but the mountain bike I imagine would be terrible to clean.

I'll ask.

Until you start dripping sweat all over it on a hot summer ride.
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.

[abejita]

I couldn't resist this photo op this weekend....hubs says it is my Cowasoki!