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fujiacerider
07-30-04, 02:55 PM
Hopefully it posted. What the heck is that computer thing taped under his toptube?

Cole

kerny
07-30-04, 03:00 PM
radio.....




kern
brunning
07-30-04, 03:03 PM
in the 1960s tour de france races, this is how the director sportif would communicate with his team.

DocRay
07-30-04, 03:09 PM
1970s Russian Walkman prototype.
jitensha!
07-30-04, 03:09 PM
Hopefully it posted. What the heck is that computer thing taped under his toptube?


i hope that's sarcasm. it's a boom box. geez.
jedi_rider
07-30-04, 03:10 PM
i think it's GPS system :)
timmhaan
07-30-04, 03:16 PM
it's a BOMB. look out!!
RandyMcD
07-30-04, 03:32 PM
Looks like a flux capacitor...
PriO
07-30-04, 03:37 PM
its obviously his lunch box
timmhaan
07-30-04, 03:37 PM
Hopefully it posted. What the heck is that computer thing taped under his toptube?

Cole

i'm so glad that brake hoods have developed since those days. i'm not sure i could go back to riding a set up like that again. too painful.
kerank
07-30-04, 03:51 PM
Come on guys... this is an early prototype of the urine evaporation unit that all riders in the TDF use. Just ask Bobkie ;)
Eureka
07-30-04, 03:51 PM
It's what he uses to hold his duct tape.
clfjmpr44
07-30-04, 04:16 PM
After intense review, I have found it is the first ever microwave
orguasch
07-30-04, 04:33 PM
it has an AA battery, an antena, my guess would be a prototype of a GPS
capsicum
07-30-04, 04:36 PM
Its an early cateye cyclecomputer they could do anything; speed, time, average speed, oh and top speed. Its powered by that generator looking think on his forks.
55/Rad
07-30-04, 04:38 PM
A box to hold his tootsie pops complete with electrical prodding device to poke slow riders up the arse.

55/Rad
pauly
07-30-04, 04:45 PM
Looks like a flux capacitor...

LOL!!
roadfix
07-30-04, 04:45 PM
Oh, that's a Grundig A-35 shortwave radio.
MelloBoy
07-30-04, 06:13 PM
gawd...can't you guys see anything? it's a damn lollipop...cherry flavored
holicow
07-30-04, 06:32 PM
Frame pump. Battery powered, of course.
g8000
07-30-04, 07:05 PM
That's his trip computer
Prosody
07-30-04, 07:42 PM
Oh, come on, you all. Can't you see it's an 8-track player?
DieselDan
07-30-04, 07:49 PM
8-track getto blaster.
zonatandem
07-30-04, 07:51 PM
It's too darn big!
OldsCOOL
07-30-04, 08:12 PM
Is that a wild gray hair coming out his ear??



Olds
Eureka
07-30-04, 08:13 PM
Better question: what's coming out of his ear and going up his head like an antenna?
Crack'n'fail
07-30-04, 08:45 PM
I think it's a prototype for those zipp electronic shifters.

by the way, is that a funky spoke pattern happening in those wheels or am I hallucinating?
55/Rad
07-30-04, 09:04 PM
Does anybody believe this guy has any hair left on his head today?

You older guys (like me) will see what I mean.

55/Rad
gcasillo
07-30-04, 09:16 PM
World's first portable defibrillator.

CLEAR!!!
on2wheels
07-31-04, 05:24 AM
Hopefully it posted. What the heck is that computer thing taped under his toptube?

Cole

It's a prototype bicycle air condition unit. The compressor doubles as a bicycle pump.
fujiacerider
07-31-04, 09:58 AM
You guys are too funny. Whatever it was, it had better have been useful as hell, 'cause it looks about as heavy as the rest of the bike!

Cole
ultra-g
07-31-04, 10:11 AM
I thought it was a heart rate monitor.