Bikes!

[BigV]

road bike, clipped in to the pedals, hits sand, bike slows dramatically, rider does not, rider goes headfirst over handlebars, bike does it's best to follow. note left foot still connected to the pedal.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Toe clips. Thank you, I couldn't figure out how the bike bogged enough to throw him and still managed to run over him.

[Griff]

Yeah, it looks like a cyclo-cross race.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclo-cross

[BigV]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

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

Winter is no time to put away the bike....Fat Bike this winter!

The thrill of cycling in the incredible scenery of the Methow Valley continues all through the winter with fat biking. The Methow Valley leads the nation with dedicated, groomed fat bike trails.

Methow Trails allows fat biking on a variety of cross-country ski trails. Fat biking trails also exist at Pearrygin Lake State park and the adjacent Department of Wildlife land. Fat biking is also allowed on 23 kilometers of trails at the Loup Loup Ski Bowl Nordic area. More information on fat biking can be found on the Methow Trails website.

methowtrails.org/winter-trails/fat-bike/

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by BigV

Fat Bike this winter!

Fat bike. Cool.

Fat bike this winter:



Fuq dat.

[xoxoxoBruce]

In slippery going a trike is more stable. Works for high water too.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Short of cash?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Safety first.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Need a hand with that brake cable?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Impressive skills are not proof of intelligence.

[xoxoxoBruce]

You can even have your own font...

[xoxoxoBruce]

This guy asked a few friends and a lot of strangers to draw a picture of a bicycle, right then and there, from memory.

Of the 376 people who responded to his interview, only 25 percent managed to make an accurate sketch. Some did get close, but most ended up drawing something that was pretty far off from a regular men’s bicycle. Gimini then took the most impractical designs and digitally rendered them, for his project titled “Velocipedia”.
Gimini’s participants came from across seven different nationalities. The youngest one is aged at 3, and the oldest at 88. Nearly 90% of drawings in which the chain is attached to the front wheel (or both to the front and the rear) were made by females. On the other hand, while men generally tend to place the chain correctly, they are more keen to over-complicate the frame when they realize they are not drawing it correctly.
The most unintelligible drawing was made by a doctor.

[Gravdigr]

Interesting.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Highboy...

[Gravdigr]

Today, while learning about Mont Ventoux, in France (well, actually I was in Kentucky, the Mont is in France), I learned about British cyclist Tom Simpson, who lost his life on the mountain in the 1967 Tour de France:

From Wikipedia:

Mont Ventoux has become legendary as the scene of one of the most grueling climbs in the Tour de France bicycle race, which has ascended the mountain fifteen times since 1951. The followed trail mostly passes through Bédoin. Its fame as a scene of great Tour dramas has made it a magnet for cyclists around the world.

The mountain achieved worldwide notoriety when it claimed the life of British cyclist Tom Simpson, who died here on July 13, 1967 from heat exhaustion caused by a combination of factors, including dehydration (caused by lack of fluid intake and diarrhea), amphetamines, and alcohol, although there is still speculation as to the exact cause of his death. He began to wildly weave across the road before he fell down. He was delirious and asked spectators to put him back on the bike, which he rode to within a half mile of the summit before collapsing dead, still clipped into his pedals. Amphetamines were found in his jersey and bloodstream. There is a memorial to Simpson near the summit, which has become a shrine to fans of cycling, who often leave small tokens of remembrance there. In 1970, Eddy Merckx rode himself to the brink of collapse while winning the stage. He received oxygen, recovered, and won the Tour. In 1994, Eros Poli, not known for his climbing ability, stole away at the beginning of the day's stage, built up a substantial time gap from the peloton, and was first over the Ventoux and eventual stage winner despite losing a minute of his lead per kilometre of the ascent.