Northeast - Interesting Bikes on my Central Park Ride!

Wow, last Saturday and today were the best riding days this summer... basically a very big hint of what Fall may bring. I'd swear all the new paving on the East Drive got me .3-.4 better average speed.

Saw 2 VERY interesting and odd bikes... which may be old hat to some/many, but were new to me. One was a recumbent... which is not that unusual. BUT this one had a fairly thick top tube that ran to a point half a foot in front of and 4-6 inch ABOVE the front wheel. And there lay the crank and pedals! Essentially, his feet were higher than his heart. Not sure, but I could swear I've seen the exact same bike last weekend. Could this be a custom one-of?

The other was way interesting. It was a tandem... BUT the rear rider had a "regular" sized wheel because the front rider... was recumbent! Front tire was a small, BMX style wheel, halfway in width between a MTB tire and a hybrid tire...

Not sure, but I could swear I've seen the exact same bike last weekend. Could this be a custom one-of?

Nope, that's a typical high racer recumbent. Look around here:
http://www.bacchettabikes.com/
and then here:
http://www.bentrideronline.com/


The other was way interesting. It was a tandem... BUT the rear rider had a "regular" sized wheel because the front rider... was recumbent! Front tire was a small, BMX style wheel, halfway in width between a MTB tire and a hybrid tire...

That would be one of these:
http://hasebikes.com/56-1-pino-fast-flash.html

One of the things that I love about NYC is the vast assortment of bikes you see, from the old battered takeout delivery to the wildest fixie. Someone could put together a collection of photos "Bikes of NYC"
and sell it at Barnes and Noble, I'll require 1% :)

One of the things that I love about NYC is the vast assortment of bikes you see, from the old battered takeout delivery to the wildest fixie. Someone could put together a collection of photos "Bikes of NYC"
and sell it at Barnes and Noble, I'll require 1% :)

Been thinking about that... already have some shots, so ya could say I started before you mention it<g>!

Another odd one is a guy peddling very slowly on the Greenway... with ape hangers that actually are very close to his chin with 2 huge mirrors on 'em.

I'm already working on that book.

I'll buy a copy. Even the scraps of a frame locked to a post has a story to tell.

You guys know that lady in prospect that rides that creaking bike with fenders, bags, water bottles in the back and front? She usually wears a hat and a yellow skirt or something like that. She goes real slow in the jogging lane. I always mean to stop by and say hi, I must have lapped her hundreds of times this year itself.

I'll buy a copy. Even the scraps of a frame locked to a post has a story to tell.

you ever see a bike melt into the ground still attached to a pole

On my way to work I sometimes see a man on a bike covered with Metrocards, and there was another man I used to see with ape hanger bars, boombox attached to the back, loads of lights, and a big Puerto Rican flag.



you ever see a bike melt into the ground still attached to a pole

Melt? No but I have seen the bike equivalent of a carcass decomposing, I see it quite regularly come to think of it.