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freighttraininguphill
03-09-11, 10:05 PM
These are a couple of interesting creations I saw a few years ago at our local Second Saturday art festival. I think the second bike may be called a "bounce bike", but I'm not sure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90qn-ojoow8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90qn-ojoow8

pablosnazzy
03-12-11, 02:56 PM
we call those bikes "humpy bikes" but i don't think there is an actual name for them.
freighttraininguphill
03-14-11, 02:02 PM
we call those bikes "humpy bikes" but i don't think there is an actual name for them.
LOL! Thanks:)

Yly
03-14-11, 02:31 PM
A bike with one or both wheels that have an offset hub I've always heard referred to as a "bucking bronco".
freighttraininguphill
03-14-11, 02:36 PM
A bike with one or both wheels that have an offset hub I've always heard referred to as a "bucking bronco".
LOL! I can just imagine what that would be like going downhill:eek:
lz4005
03-14-11, 04:42 PM
I call them Ingo bikes.
http://www.ohtm.org/collections/bicycles/images/cyc_ingo.jpg
http://www.ohtm.org/1935ingo.html
StephenH
03-14-11, 07:49 PM
Ingo was a particular brand name. I'd go with "bounce bike" for that one. Looks like it's nearly got too much rolling resistance to actually work like one, though.

That other one, we call a "recumbent". :)
freighttraininguphill
03-14-11, 10:56 PM
That other one, we call a "recumbent". :)
I know it has a recumbent design, but I thought there might be another name for it since it is so unusual.

Hopefully the creators of that bike see this thread and chime in;)
@andrewsmithart
03-25-11, 07:58 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6chd9WMCGk