interesting bike sightings

[redrhodie]

I saw 2 unusual bikes today. Not that weird, but weird enough...

First, I saw 2 people riding in really tight formation, not realizing until I was almost by, it was a tandem road bike. I know a lot of you ride them, but I don't see them very often around here. They were a man and a woman, and they looked very cool in their mismatched jerseys. I'd love to try one sometime.

Then, I saw a bike cop in my town. He was riding REALLY slowly. My friend's bf is a policeman, and his belt is heavy, I think over 20 lbs! I wouldn't want to ride with one. It's funny, he was turning left from the far right lane. I would have taken the lane .

[yetigooch]

The strangest thing I ever saw was a cyclist texting while riding....The rider was swerving left and right as I approached from behind.....Texting while riding any type of wheeled machinery is not good.

[redrhodie]

The strangest thing I ever saw was a cyclist texting while riding....The rider was swerving left and right as I approached from behind.....Texting while riding any type of wheeled machinery is not good.

Ha! I once saw a woman talking on a cell phone while riding up a hill she couldn't tackle. She fell, and was still talking. I heard Oops, I just fell. yeah, I'm okay. Let me pick up my bike now. Okay Bye.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

This reminds me!
A week ago DH and I were riding through town and we saw TWO TANDEM RECUMBENTS!!! I rang my little brass bell and we all waved at each other.

[msincredible]

Last summer I got to be part of an interesting bike sighting.



and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtFwCzsKGxI

(The giggling was because we suddenly discovered I couldn't see over the stoker's head! )

[Zen]

Does this count?

[emily_in_nc]

Last summer I got to be part of an interesting bike sighting.

Cool! Is that a Counterpoint Opus? I've always thought they looked like a lot of fun. We've had both upright and recumbent tandems, but I finally lost interest in tandeming because I couldn't handle not being able to see where we were going! I am not sure I'd like the lack of handlebars, though...what do you do with your hands? I'd need dummy under-seat steering bars, like on our old Ryan recumbent tandem....

[IvonaDestroi]

I saw a really awesome Blinged out bike on the BART train the other day...

some sort of custom build. Big green cruiser style frame, Xtra tall handlebars with a boom box attached to 'em, awesome Gold details (big gold vintage style head lamp, pannier rack, handlebars, misc. smalll parts)... It had had white wall tires with big fenders, and a long 10 speed adapted chain guard. All brand new matching and shiny, with like 10 reflectors on each wheel. Awesome!

[Fredwina]

The 2007 IHPVA worlds in Zolder, Beligum:
http://www.rikkie-fotografie.be/foto...der/index.php?
And you thought a counterpoint opus was weird?

[IvonaDestroi]

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Its like swimming... on land...

[nic840]

Rode with a few friends at the Strawberry Fields Forever ride in Santa Cruz/Watsonville almost a year ago. There were so many unicycles...they were on the 65mi and 100mi routes! It was crazy! No gearing, fixed gear and huge wheels.
There were some good climbs too! Amazing!
Here is some video we took while riding...look at the unicycle guy we pass...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIJb5VtUdWA

We are looking forward to riding it again in a few weeks!

[Mr. Bloom]

The 2007 IHPVA worlds in Zolder, Beligum:
http://www.rikkie-fotografie.be/foto...der/index.php?
And you thought a counterpoint opus was weird?

Where can you get the glasses that allow her to see forward while looking down???

[Tuckervill]

That looks like a man to me.

I was curious about the glasses, too.

Karen

[kenyonchris]

I saw 2 unusual bikes today. Not that weird, but weird enough...

Then, I saw a bike cop in my town. He was riding REALLY slowly. My friend's bf is a policeman, and his belt is heavy, I think over 20 lbs! I wouldn't want to ride with one. It's funny, he was turning left from the far right lane. I would have taken the lane .

I am a IPMBA bike officer (International Police Mountain Bike Assn)...we are taught to take the lane...and turn from as far right as is practicable.
My stuff weighs a ton. Vest itself weighs about 4 lbs. My belt has radio, flashlight, handcuffs, gun (with gunlight....the gun weighs about 1 lb and a half), spray, and baton. My extra cuffs hang on my vest inside my shirt, and my knife is in my pocket. In my shirt pocket I have cell phone, cards, notepad, and ID. In the bike bag I have ticket book, spare bike stuff, and water. The way we are taught to ride is really different from how I ride not on duty....in this crazy easy gear, we pedal a lot and go nowhere...the idea being that it is easy to balance when your center of gravity is over the pedals...when you are pedaling. And since we go pretty slowly through crowds and stuff, that is the stuff they make us practice. If I am in the park I ride like that, but if I am on the road I grab a few gears and ride like normal....albeit it is much harder riding that heavy bike with all that gear.

Now, funny thing I have seen.....a boy on a bike holding a chicken in one hand and a watermelon in the other...riding with no hands. I had no clue how he was doing it, but he was.

[Tuckervill]

Was the chicken alive?

Please say the chicken was alive. That would make the picture in my mind so much more hilarious.

Karen