If you're jumping out of a perfectly good airplane you can find your own damn way home.

I'm not a collector but I'd hang that baby on a wall.

Same era...

Sweet gig.

My second bicycle was a BSA with a three speed twist shift built into the right handlebar grip.
I loved that bike.
I think it was made by Birmingham Small Arms.

They built a bit of everything didn't they?

Sign of the times at the trailhead this week.

Need one of those cheater bikes the pros were using. ;)

Yeah, everything under the sun somebody attached it to a bike frame.

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Even the frames were an experiment over the years.

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These two were tough, I can't even imagine walking on that road for very far. :facepalm:

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An excellent adventure.

The Ruge Whitworth bicycle built for three.

Had the E.J. Korvette's version with both wheels the same size. We did a lot of jumping over milk crates. My personal best was 11 milk crates.


The injuries didn't happen until my fondness for knights and armor led me to organize a stingray jousting tournement with bamboo carpet poles for lances and garbage can lids for shields.


That was one of those ideas that was better on paper.

Bike news here.

Our most recent ride featured me limping back from the turnaround point on a flat tire. I was too irritated to sort it out properly. Fuckit, I'll ride the rim home, 3.8 miles.

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I am... tired of this bike. I did some "research" and decided I like another bike, the Axum 29er from Schwinn. Go on, laugh. I'm getting a bike from Walmart. But it's bigger than my current bike, bigger tires/wheels, more modern-er in every respect. I anticipate upgrading some of the components, eventually, like the fork, and the brakes, and a chain... Guide/supporter thingy, if not a whole new derailleur with a clutch.

As time goes by, that is.

I have to tell you, getting a new bike was A LOT harder than I expected. Here's a picture from the bike section at Walmart. This was the scene at all thr Wal-Mart stores I went to, and both pawn shops and f*ckin Craigslist. NO BIKES TO BE HAD.

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Here's a review I watched that influenced my decision :

Oh no, changing bikes will void your security application and you'll have to start all over.

Uh, don't get a haircut either. :p:

That's a good buy at $400. You're not riding Moab, it should be fun.

Yet! We never know with V. :unsure:

A new Urban Ready bike from Ducati...

Today's ride, Twil and I are riding the Olympics Discovery Trail from Port Townsend to Milo Curry trailhead and back..


See ya!

Good luck!

I couldn't find horse power, speed, grade or range specs for this bike.
All I found was 4.5 g's, but that was bucks not acceleration.

Back in the car, pics later. What a great ride. I'm very happy with the bike so far, more tuning to come,things I could only perceive after riding.

This German bike used in the War to End All Wars, WW I, was found in France a hundred years later.

Do we have a back story? imma look

You found the back story and then some, thank you.

Wonder what they're driving today...

F1

F1? Formula one? Not likely, most of them would be in their 60's.

Uber?

Cabs are more likely I think.

That guy must be new look how fat his legs are.

Looks like they aren't checking for juicers.

I'm *definitely* not that guy... But I will be spending this morning on the bike. Today Twil and I will ride a section of the Palouse to Cascades Trail, through the tunnel!

I have checked the lights and we should be good to go.

Later!

Pix Please.

I choose to believe that is a pic of V training.

Keep in mind this is not possible. No way, must be CGI. FX for sure.

One thousand, two hundred, fifty-four bikes:

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Just what, not why.[/PaulHarvey]

That pic makes me dizzy.

It *is* framed strangely.

heh you said framed

Or you could buy your sweetie a Lambo...

Another sensible commuter.

This guy in Oregon took his old bike and electrified it. He's near Portland so with all the smoke he hasn't tested it yet.
He promised to let me know how the battery performs and the motor too.

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This is the culmination of a quest started in the 19th century.
A trike with a precision 5 cylinder radial in the front wheel...

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Same type motor in a bicycle front wheel, then in the back wheel of the next bike.
I guess it's the first multi-cylinder motorcycle. :haha:

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I always carry zip ties. My buddy thought he could ride a tree. He could not.

And you have cuffs in case you have to make a citizen's arrest.
Or meet a kinky maiden in the forest. :right:

You miss 100% of the trees you can't ride. Or something like that,

You die a little inside every time you don't ride a tree?

Even back in 1948 bike riders wanted more entertainment...

I see an out of focus Kitten coming out of the radio.

..the fuque?

I'll have some of what he's smoking.

:bong:

You can't see the Cat?
It's coming out of the top of the radio.
I know that it is really the hillside i the background, but it looks like a Kitteh.

That guy grabbed the radio by the pussy.:blush:

Ok, I see it now.:)

Waiting, hoping the mail gets delivered today cuz bike parts are needed.

Unlike that guy topping the palm tree. :eek:

ouch


Speaking of ouch, brokey fixey (not fixie old knees).

Broken derailleur and hanger resulting in a long push home and a Saturday on Pete's old yet classy 26" Specialized Epic. Buddy gave me an old Noleen Chubby for one of my old 26" bikes for backup.

New derailleur and an old tweaked hanger until new one arrives. New derailleur is funny but apparently works.

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Noleen Noleen Noleen Noleen


Your beauty is beyond compare
With flaming locks of auburn hair
With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green
Your smile is like a breath of spring
Your voice is soft like summer rain
And I cannot compete with you
Noleen

Published in the newspaper New York World in 1895, we present;
The 41 Rules For Female Cyclists:
1. Don’t be a fright.
2. Don’t faint on the road.
3. Don’t wear a man’s cap.
4. Don’t wear tight garters.
5. Don’t forget your toolbag

6. Don’t attempt a “century.”
7. Don’t coast. It is dangerous.
8. Don’t boast of your long rides.
9. Don’t criticize people’s “legs.”
10. Don’t wear loud hued leggings.

11. Don’t cultivate a “bicycle face.”
12. Don’t refuse assistance up a hill.
13. Don’t wear clothes that don’t fit.
14. Don’t neglect a “light’s out” cry.
15. Don’t wear jewelry while on a tour.

16. Don’t race. Leave that to the scorchers.
17. Don’t wear laced boots. They are tiresome.
18. Don’t imagine everybody is looking at you.
19. Don’t go to church in your bicycle costume.
20. Don’t wear a garden party hat with bloomers.

21. Don’t contest the right of way with cable cars.
22. Don’t chew gum. Exercise your jaws in private.
23. Don’t wear white kid gloves. Silk is the thing.
24. Don’t ask, “What do you think of my bloomers?”
25. Don’t use bicycle slang. Leave that to the boys.

26. Don’t go out after dark without a male escort.
27. Don’t go without a needle, thread and thimble.
28. Don’t try to have every article of your attire “match.”
29. Don’t let your golden hair be hanging down your back.
30. Don’t allow dear little Fido to accompany you

31. Don’t scratch a match on the seat of your bloomers.
32. Don’t discuss bloomers with every man you know.
33. Don’t appear in public until you have learned to ride well.
34. Don’t overdo things. Let cycling be a recreation, not a labor.
35. Don’t ignore the laws of the road because you are a woman.

36. Don’t try to ride in your brother’s clothes “to see how it feels.”
37. Don’t scream if you meet a cow. If she sees you first, she will run.
38. Don’t cultivate everything that is up to date because yon ride a wheel.
39. Don’t emulate your brother’s attitude if he rides parallel with the ground.
40. Don’t undertake a long ride if you are not confident of performing it easily.
41. Don’t appear to be up on “records” and “record smashing.” That is sporty.

Don't attempt a century. wow.


@Griff - bummer about the derailleur. It seems that in the 80s and 90s sticks used to pop up all the time and destroy derailleurs. The new paradigm of groomed trails seems to make that more of a rarity.

Yeah, I was riding my home trail. Maybe I should be raking my forest. :right:

I broke the chain I apparently tweaked in the previous ruckus this morning. Trailside repair was smooth though so the ride was not impacted.

I wouldn't do it on a single speed. :) Pete and I've done a number of them, saying she can't would make it happen.