Originally Posted by Machka

What have I seen? Hmmmm ....

Just to name some off the top of my head:
-- racing bicycles of all shapes, sizes, materials, and prices
-- mountain bikes of all shapes, sizes, materials, and prices
-- fixed gears and single speeds
-- antique bicycles, ranging from a Hollingsworth(?) to various Ordinaries (Penny Farthings).
-- a new Penny Farthing being ridden by a guy riding around the world.
-- touring bicycles
-- sport touring biycles
-- recumbents of all shapes, sizes, and materials ... two of which I had the opportunity to ride
-- tandem recumbents
-- trikes (the recumbent kind)
-- tricycles (the adult kind)
-- a triplette
-- lots of tandems (I own one)
-- a bicycle that an elderly man on the PBP made from scratch
-- other bicycles acquaintances of mine made from scratch
-- choppers and other alternate bicycles ... there were several of that sort of bicycle in Winnipeg, and they used to cruise around the parks
-- several unicycles ... my uncle has a unicycle, and there's a place near where I live now that sells them. The owner's kids ride up and down the street on them. That place also sells Catrikes and has an array of old penny farthings! Very interesting place.

And not a bicycle, but a part of one ... a friend of mine has made the gears for one of the participants in the HPV competitions on the Salt Flats ..... you know the ones where they try to set speed records with HPVs? Well, the competitors in those events can't just buy a chainring from Nashbar, they need something really big. My friend is a machinist and he showed me a chainring that he made for a friend of his ...... the thing was HUGE!!