Elkhound
10-30-08, 11:39 AM
Anybody heard of these people? (http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/10/bike-keeps-family-in-stitches/) Do you know if any of their descendants are still in the Alt-Bike field?
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jollygreen
10-30-08, 12:47 PM
just wanted to say that i have an elkhound and i love that dog. unfortunately he is going to pass this week but he is a good dog (old age).
Creakyknees
10-30-08, 04:05 PM
his seat's too low.
Artkansas
10-30-08, 10:55 PM
just wanted to say that i have an elkhound and i love that dog. unfortunately he is going to pass this week but he is a good dog (old age).
Sorry to hear about it. Lost a JRT last summer from old age.
Doggy Heaven here he comes.
Sorry to hear about it. Lost a JRT last summer from old age.
Doggy Heaven here he comes.
FlatMaster
10-31-08, 02:44 AM
THe're pussing a really low gear. Suppose they need to if the females can't pedal.
StephenH
10-31-08, 10:32 AM
That's totally awesome. There's been a couple of videos posted that included it- check on youtube, maybe. They were generic alt-bike videos from way back when that included little short clips of this contraption.
StephenH
10-31-08, 07:24 PM
Here's the video:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/08/1940s_video_shows_off_crazy_bike_innovations-2.html
Every odd bike from today is in there in 1939-1943- Tandems, tallbikes, clownbikes, unicycles, ultimate wheels, giant bikes, rowbikes, recumbents, rollerblades, bicycle trailers, etc.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/08/1940s_video_shows_off_crazy_bike_innovations-2.html
Every odd bike from today is in there in 1939-1943- Tandems, tallbikes, clownbikes, unicycles, ultimate wheels, giant bikes, rowbikes, recumbents, rollerblades, bicycle trailers, etc.
Johnny Payphone
11-16-08, 04:06 PM
I wrote a little about the Steinlauf family on my website:
http://www.chicagofreakbike.org/2006/04/steinlauf-family-steinlauf-family-were.php
Those articles were given to me by a Chicago old-timer. He didn't know anything about it. Even though I roamed the streets of Chicago for eight years looking for freakbikes, and hearing about and tracking down old freakbikes (I mean that's what the website is about), I never heard or found any evidence of them. But in a city of 3 million people, who knows? I was always surprised by the bikes I ran across.
If you click the link you can see more pictures and read an article about them.
http://www.chicagofreakbike.org/2006/04/steinlauf-family-steinlauf-family-were.php
Those articles were given to me by a Chicago old-timer. He didn't know anything about it. Even though I roamed the streets of Chicago for eight years looking for freakbikes, and hearing about and tracking down old freakbikes (I mean that's what the website is about), I never heard or found any evidence of them. But in a city of 3 million people, who knows? I was always surprised by the bikes I ran across.
If you click the link you can see more pictures and read an article about them.
slagjumper
11-16-08, 07:55 PM
You might try calling AM YISRAEL. I found a hit (http://http://www.amyisrael.org/octoberbulletin.pdf) for "Fred Steinlauf" on one of thier PDF newsletters. I think he is dead though, (Yahrzeits?), so you would have to ask about his kids. I guess you might have to ask some questions to see if he is the right Fred.
AM YISRAEL — 4 HAPP ROAD NORTHFIELD, IL 60093 847/446-7215, FAX: 847/ 446-7202 WWW.AMYISRAEL.ORG
I mapped the shop at 3851 Ogden and the Synagoge (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=4+Happ+Rd,+Winnetka,+IL+60093&daddr=3851+W+Ogden+Ave,+Chicago,+Illinois+60623&hl=en&geocode=&mra=pe&mrcr=0&sll=41.918393,-87.972453&sspn=0.606983,1.056061&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=11) and they are only 23 miles apart.
AM YISRAEL — 4 HAPP ROAD NORTHFIELD, IL 60093 847/446-7215, FAX: 847/ 446-7202 WWW.AMYISRAEL.ORG
I mapped the shop at 3851 Ogden and the Synagoge (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=4+Happ+Rd,+Winnetka,+IL+60093&daddr=3851+W+Ogden+Ave,+Chicago,+Illinois+60623&hl=en&geocode=&mra=pe&mrcr=0&sll=41.918393,-87.972453&sspn=0.606983,1.056061&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=11) and they are only 23 miles apart.