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Per request, I suppose I can toss some pictures up here. I didn't feel hyjacking the thread about bags (that had already been hyjacked by Zaphod and me) would be in good taste, so why not start something for old fashioned goodness anew? We don't see a lot of pre-war (first) stuff on these forums, but they do pop up from time to time (saw an early Rudge in the appraisal just recently). Though this thread will likely be ghost-town-ish, it'll be the home in my heart
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56" 83 Columbia Expert "project"
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48" Kennedy
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50" Spillane Eagle
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56" 83 Columbia Expert "project"
48" Kennedy
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50" Spillane Eagle
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Oh my god that is so cool.
I've always wanted to try some 19th century 2 wheelers. Its strictly fixed cranks on those right? no freewheeling.
I've always wanted to try some 19th century 2 wheelers. Its strictly fixed cranks on those right? no freewheeling.
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i passed a guy coming through my town (i'm on a major touring thorofair so I see them fairly frequently) touring on one of these.
I also recently passed a guy touring on something like this:
I also recently passed a guy touring on something like this:
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I rode that specific bike many thousands of miles. Winter 2009 through Spring 2010 I did many short tours on the Kennedy, around Arizona. Spring 2010 I rode it from San Francisco to Seattle, where I trained home and sold the bike. The goal was Alaska, but that bike wasn't proper for it. I then rode it on RAGBRAI the same summer. The Expert will see many fun times. I'm hoping to pick up a light roadster to race on, soon.
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There's a book and movie (and possibly a blog) about a guy who rode a tall bike from northern Africa to South Africa, and documented the whole thing on video. In late 2010, or late 2011 he released a movie of it at the BFF. I think he and his friend were sponsored by Surly. He started on a Long Haul Trucker, and decided that was 'boring', and moved on to the tall bike, filming people's reactions along the way.
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Like the Vette and all....but the Eagle "Iz Da Bomb"!
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Lowell Kennedy, a machinist who passed away some years ago, made replica ordinaries from probably the 70s until the 90s. Dates on them are pretty much unknown (but you were probably most curious if it was from the 1800s, I'd assume
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I had my suspicions about its age. Very cool.
They aren't pneumatic tires, are they?
They aren't pneumatic tires, are they?
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"Solid". Hard-tire bikes' tyres are kept tensioned by a wire inside the rubber (which is hallow, for lack of a better term), which is either brazed or twisted, then released.
The Kennedy had a much more authentic saddle, originally, but a building a mount for a modern Brooks was easiest solution for long touring (and allowed saddle swapping if I preferred). To an untrained eye (or without very largely detailed photos), it is hard to tell one apart. I suppose it's like first getting into road bikes; they all look the same, sort of, at first; poor example though. See below:
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The Kennedy had a much more authentic saddle, originally, but a building a mount for a modern Brooks was easiest solution for long touring (and allowed saddle swapping if I preferred). To an untrained eye (or without very largely detailed photos), it is hard to tell one apart. I suppose it's like first getting into road bikes; they all look the same, sort of, at first; poor example though. See below:
![](https://bygonebicyclist.com/images/penny_farthing/penny.jpg)
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great thread and fabulous pics!! I never gave thought to people doing anything much more than riding about town (maybe promenading is a better word) or racing on Ordinaries. Then after it was recomended somewhere on BF I read "The Lost Cyclist" and realized that for a whole generation or more these bikes were actually a huge source of not only local transport but a resource for traveling great distance for both work and recreation.
great pics!. there is a repro one of these at a local shop, one of these days i may have to hop on it just say I did ride one.
btw the rack on the split window is cool too
great pics!. there is a repro one of these at a local shop, one of these days i may have to hop on it just say I did ride one.
btw the rack on the split window is cool too
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great thread and fabulous pics!! I never gave thought to people doing anything much more than riding about town (maybe promenading is a better word) or racing on Ordinaries. Then after it was recomended somewhere on BF I read "The Lost Cyclist" and realized that for a whole generation or more these bikes were actually a huge source of not only local transport but a resource for traveling great distance for both work and recreation.
great pics!. there is a repro one of these at a local shop, one of these days i may have to hop on it just say I did ride one.
btw the rack on the split window is cool too
great pics!. there is a repro one of these at a local shop, one of these days i may have to hop on it just say I did ride one.
btw the rack on the split window is cool too
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ah well, the entire thing is coated in black paint (house paint or something like it), cm's thick, and I'm sure the entire wheel needs to be replaced. The only place I can think of that has an ordinary is the cycle museum in Nijmegen, but they probably don't do loaners to broke and shady students like me. and I don't have the income to buy one myself, IF I were to find one that is! But one can always hope.
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This guy went around the world! A long ride on a big wheel.
22,026 miles (35,447 km) over 924 days from May 1, 2006 to November 9, 2008. Awesome read!![Thumbs Up](https://www.bikeforums.net/images/smilies/thumb.gif)
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22,026 miles (35,447 km) over 924 days from May 1, 2006 to November 9, 2008. Awesome read!
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This guy went around the world! A long ride on a big wheel.
22,026 miles (35,447 km) over 924 days from May 1, 2006 to November 9, 2008. Awesome read!![Thumbs Up](https://www.bikeforums.net/images/smilies/thumb.gif)
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22,026 miles (35,447 km) over 924 days from May 1, 2006 to November 9, 2008. Awesome read!
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Must agree with the Colonel, that Eagle is wicked cool. Never seen one like it. Thanks for sharing!
Just read a bike shop in Tuscon got robbed recently and their penny farthing was one of the items stolen.
Just read a bike shop in Tuscon got robbed recently and their penny farthing was one of the items stolen.
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