cruentus
05-26-05, 08:40 PM
:) http://www.io.com/tog/graphics/smallparaad.jpg
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supcom
05-26-05, 08:54 PM
Yeah, but back then, the cagers were allowed to shoot back!
Notice how the Marine has a folding bike!
Notice how the Marine has a folding bike!
skanking biker
05-26-05, 08:56 PM
sweeet!
skanking biker
05-26-05, 09:56 PM
some co should try that in their next add compaign--free thompson submachine guns with every singlespeed purchase!
phidauex
05-26-05, 10:20 PM
Oh man, that ad is just begging to become a stencil or screenprint.... I just might have to knock that up in illustrator later..
peace,
sam
peace,
sam
lilHinault
05-26-05, 11:10 PM
I like the ad with the guys riding home from work, imagine that, guys getting off shift, happily talking while riding together and saying cheerful "See-ya"'s as they gradually part ways..... as opposed to all those guys, each in his car or big truck, roaring out out clouds of dust and not saying a word to anyone....
I see no pants clips though, those guys may be in for some grief or at least "fred stains" on those cuffs, especially the guy with the rolled ones.
I see no pants clips though, those guys may be in for some grief or at least "fred stains" on those cuffs, especially the guy with the rolled ones.
suntreader
05-26-05, 11:10 PM
The 82nd Airborne Museum at Fort Bragg has a paratrooper folder in its collection which I have ridden. It's a nice, remarkably light bike.
cruentus
05-27-05, 06:49 AM
The 82nd Airborne Museum at Fort Bragg has a paratrooper folder in its collection which I have ridden. It's a nice, remarkably light bike.
Few people realize how many bicycles have been used by the world's armies this past century.
Adolf Hitler was a bicycle messenger in the German Army during WWI.
Few people realize how many bicycles have been used by the world's armies this past century.
Adolf Hitler was a bicycle messenger in the German Army during WWI.
operator
05-27-05, 08:11 AM
Adolf Hitler was a bicycle messenger in the German Army during WWI.
I did not need to know that.
I did not need to know that.
PaulH
05-27-05, 11:23 AM
I see no pants clips though, those guys may be in for some grief or at least "fred stains" on those cuffs, especially the guy with the rolled ones.
Back in those days, virtually every bicycle had a "hockey stick" chainguard, so one could just jump on and ride, wearing anything. Not having these would have been unimaginable. The secret of how to make theme was lost sometime during the 1960s. The Germans, Dutch, and Brits seem to still posess this technology, although they appear to have stiff export controls.
My first bike was a 1958 Columbia. Heavy, but much better for short range (up to 5 miles) transportation than anything one can find in the average LBS today. I miss it.
Paul
Back in those days, virtually every bicycle had a "hockey stick" chainguard, so one could just jump on and ride, wearing anything. Not having these would have been unimaginable. The secret of how to make theme was lost sometime during the 1960s. The Germans, Dutch, and Brits seem to still posess this technology, although they appear to have stiff export controls.
My first bike was a 1958 Columbia. Heavy, but much better for short range (up to 5 miles) transportation than anything one can find in the average LBS today. I miss it.
Paul
catatonic
05-28-05, 12:18 AM
chainguards went out with the advent of front deraileurs.
You can make a chainguard that works with front deraileurs, but it's a massive pain in the rump to make them since each one has to be frame-specific to deal with geometry while giving proper room for the front deraileur to do it's thing.
....it will also probably require wider cranks than we consider normal...making a double have a stance like a triple. I'd say just single-ring the front and add a generic guard.
...I think the ultimate respect item would be a grenade laucher....one of those ones with the revolving drum. like this one: http://www.angelfire.com/art/enchanter/Milkor02.jpg
Pretty much anything that can drop a suburban in a single hit is definate assurance that they will "give me my d*** 3 feet!"
You can make a chainguard that works with front deraileurs, but it's a massive pain in the rump to make them since each one has to be frame-specific to deal with geometry while giving proper room for the front deraileur to do it's thing.
....it will also probably require wider cranks than we consider normal...making a double have a stance like a triple. I'd say just single-ring the front and add a generic guard.
...I think the ultimate respect item would be a grenade laucher....one of those ones with the revolving drum. like this one: http://www.angelfire.com/art/enchanter/Milkor02.jpg
Pretty much anything that can drop a suburban in a single hit is definate assurance that they will "give me my d*** 3 feet!"
lilHinault
05-28-05, 01:45 AM
Actually now that I think of it, those bikes had a "hockey stick" chainguard or one even more enclosed, I've seen some really enclosed chains on pics of old bikes.
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