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Blue Order
02-19-06, 07:07 PM
Seen on Craigslist: Chariot bicycles (http://www.craigslist.org/nby/bik/135225926.html)

wethepeople
02-19-06, 09:50 PM
These arent one of a kind.

I have one.
Blue Order
02-19-06, 09:57 PM
So they're at least three of a kind, and probably more. :) How do you like it?

(not my ad, by the way)

MacG
02-19-06, 10:36 PM
I could swear that I saw an infomercial for these things a few years ago. Once you kick off and get rolling initially, you can apparently propel them by swerving back and forth with the handlebars, kind of like a fish swimming. I have no idea if this is very effective or not. Regardless, they don't look very fast or like much of a smooth ride with those tiny wheels in the back. Weird idea though.
wethepeople
02-19-06, 10:59 PM
I could swear that I saw an infomercial for these things a few years ago. Once you kick off and get rolling initially, you can apparently propel them by swerving back and forth with the handlebars, kind of like a fish swimming. I have no idea if this is very effective or not. Regardless, they don't look very fast or like much of a smooth ride with those tiny wheels in the back. Weird idea though.

This isnt that.

I thought it was fun, untill I outgrew it. Then I threw on some big ol' dolly castors on the back which bumped up the entertaiment value tenfold, then some **** stole it.
Blue Order
02-19-06, 11:06 PM
Seems like it might be fun on a zoobomb-type ride.

That, or hitch it to another bike and get towed, just like a real chariot. :D
Blue Order
04-23-06, 09:12 PM
Looks like Schwinn made some too:

Schwinn Gladiator (http://seattle.craigslist.org/bik/153917443.html)
aadhils
04-24-06, 03:42 PM
I used to see one everyday when going to work. The guy always rode on the sidewalk, and took up the whole sidewalk too...
Francis Buxton
04-25-06, 12:17 PM
We did a chariot race here in KC....cut the tops off of shopping carts and tied ropes to 'em and raced laps around a parking lot....instant carnage and a ton of fun.
unbent
05-12-06, 10:55 AM
What are those contraptions called that look like one of those old push scooters but it has bike tires and the rear tire has the axle off center? You ride it by hopping up and down on it. I saw one in a parade last year.

Andy
Jerseysbest
05-14-06, 12:10 AM
Kinda reminds me of this:

http://blog.akademie.de/images/270.jpg