Polaroid sunglasses help see obstructions hidden in the shadows. :blunt:

Speed bump

Piece of cake, just compress your fork let it unload and glide on over.

Fixed it.

That's pretty impressive, but I wonder what happened at the camera edit? IT went from wheel POV to overhead POV.

Buffalo Soldiers don't get horses, not even mules. Yellowstone is good duty, but has a lot of hills to pedal on dirt roads with wagon ruts, and horse poopy.

Like the whippersnappers say, YOLO. looks like this person took it to heart.:rolleyes:

You know people argue about who the first mountain bikers were. Looks like the argument missed by a little less than a century.

http://www.historynet.com/the-buffal...rode-bikes.htm

That was some serious riding.

A year later.
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Just make sure all your Cavalry charges are downhill. :haha:

Wow, that's a great story, where I found the picture there was none.

Over 50 miles a day, with that heavy equipment, and those conditions is incredible. :eek:

Bicycles are the work of the Devil, a temptation luring proper young ladies to stray.
Proof? Two illustrations from the Illustrated Police News, incredibly both outrageous acts of scandalous behavior from only one year, 1896.

London startup, the Hummingbird Bike Company has designed a folding carbon-fibre bike that weighs just 6.5 kilograms. The company claims the cycle is the "world's lightest folding bike", weighing three kilograms less than its competitors – the equivalent of four pineapples, and less than the average watermelon.
Craciun designed the first Hummingbird after becoming frustrated with the lack of affordable options for bikes that can be folded down to fit into elevators, or be easily carried upstairs.

looks strictly urban in nature to me, and carrying upstairs and in elevators you still have the problem of dirty tires touching anything, especially fellow elevator riders.

Ooh, shiny.

Extreme addiction.

Well, this is different:

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Well what do you expect when they can't get a driver's license? :rolleyes:

I guess that would be mootivation to get a bike...

1939 Schwinn...

Not necessity, drugs/alcohol is the mother of invention. :eek:

According to Calvin, Mothers are the necessity of invention.

Boy was this a dumb idea, sitting like that he can't see any of her naughty bits jiggle. :headshake

I wonder if he has to pedal the air horn compressor too?

That clearly demonstrates the pain of the parents and siblings of musicians. :haha:

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Honey, do not forget to tip the bellboy. :eek:

This has to be a joke. But, I'm afraid that it's not.

I give you The Vanmoof Boncho.:headshake



Note: If your bike don't got no fenders, you're gonna get wet, anyway. And it'll be a dirty kind of wet.

A decent idea, that should've stayed an idea.

Yeah but it's water repellant AND water proof, so all that dirty water from the wheels will only soak you from the neck down. Even after a surprise shower, you'll arrive at Mr DeMille's ready for your close up.

You're right, of course. But the bike in the vid *does* have fenders, full fenders, and close to the tires, not those flat visor-y types.

I liked the light in the front end of the top tube.

I visited BD the other day and saw a couple interesting bikes during my visit. The first one was parked on the ferry, still decked out in its holiday costume. It looks like the pickup truck version of a bike. The second one was parked downtown where we were walking. Surly, indeed. Love the melon cover, by the way.

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I got to ride one of those fat boys 3? weeks ago. It was a really interesting ride but it is an awful lot of bike on a climb.

I've seen pictures of that truck bike in Holland, loaded with everything from appliances to three or four kids.

That would be a cool way to roll. An urban handyman could do well with it.

Pretty handy, seatbelts, critter cages, weather protection, etc.

There's a guy around here with one of those. I've sen him a few times and chatted with him once. He said the bike was surprisingly expensive to buy here in the US. He had to basically import it himself or something like that. And it's a little challenging to ride it at first because it's heavy and awkward. But he loves it.

1,776 Euros I don't know what that is in USD but it sounds like a bunch.

Eek, that is expensive.

You could spend that on a high end road racer or mountain bike...

Yes but then you wouldn't want to do this.

$2,000 for your family transportation, grocery fetcher, kiddie shuffler, everything you need transported transporter, ain't bad. How many people spend way more than that on electronic toys.

the critter cage hurts my brain. it's like one of those isometric drawings that has ambiguous foreground and background. I can't easily keep the bike, the cage, and the opening hatch all in the same perspective.

and in other news, after only an hour, I managed to find the two pics I snapped while driving past this very bike (I'm guessing) back in 2014. Here they are. I thought of you then, too, Griff, but they're not really good pics.

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Right, the open side for the dog to get out, of the pointed top, looks weird The short side of that hatch should bend up and not down. It must have little hinges at the bend. :nuts:

Why do I have to wear this stupid helmet, I'm an experienced rider, I know what I'm doing, I don't...

Supposedly the difference in size/weight of the riders was not a problem. However cooperation and communication were paramount, which is why the nickname, "A divorce in a box".

See? Now I can't unsee it.

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Stealth Bomber.

Electric bike, off road style.



don't forget to bring your mad stacks. $10,000 worth.

I might have offered this one before. Here's another (probably better) shot of this ride.

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I still don't get it.

If you were with a bunch of good friends, it could be fun. But there are lots of other things you could do with those same friends that would be even more fun.

Good business plan. Force the customer to work up a sweat(thirst), save on cable sports TV by providing dodge-traffic/panicked-scream entertainment, and just peddle away from puke piles.

Free crackers.

I guess he must steer by leaning?

I guess this was before Dixie and Solo cups...

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