Freiherr von Drais, jawohl!

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by the one and only

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The bike used in the upper shot ("Our Hospitality", 1923) is on display at the Smithsonian

https://americanhistory.si.edu/colle...t/nmah_1322521

"According to biographer Rudi Blesh, Keaton once visited the Smithsonian to see his velocipede on display. He quoted Keaton recalling "I was playing Washington in Three Men and a Horse. I said, 'Eleanor, I've got something to show you.' We went to the Smithsonian, and there it was -- the Gentleman's Hobbyhorse, a replica of the first bicycle ever made. There hadn't been one left in existence, so we built it from an old print.""

Marty Feldman was more of a motorcycle guy.

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RIP Michael Nesmith.

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House of Cards actor Michael Kelly
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1978 Miss Sweden, Cecilia Rodhe:

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These days she's a notable sculptor (bronze) in NYC.

DD

Virginia O'Hanlon

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I re-visited The Miracle Worker film with Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, which reminded me of this photograph of the real Helen Keller riding a tandem. Please note that despite riding in the front, she is not the captain. Note the rod extending back from the fork crown, which is a linkage to allow the man in the back to steer. This was not a customization to accommodate Keller's blindness. It was quite common on many 1890s tandems. Primarily utilized by couples, tandems presented the social issue of whether a woman should ride up front or on the back. Theoretically, a tandem is more efficient with the stronger rider in the back. However, for a pairing of the opposite sex, that means that the woman would in the front and responsible for the steering, which put her in a position of control over the man. Some tandems solved the dilemma by providing a linkage from the front fork to a 2nd steering column for the rear cyclist, thus allowing the man to maintain control. As women gained social stature, this approach died away, due to the added complexity, associated cost and extra weight. I'm also including a circa 1894 poster of a Rouxel and Dubois tandem, as it better shows a typical rear steering linakge, which is mostly obscured by Keller's skirt.
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Desmond Tutu

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There is a team that does the Missouri River 340 paddle race that tows their long canoe to the start in Kansas City by bicycle, stows the bike and trailering rig in the canoe for the race. After the race they tow the canoe home by bicycle.

This is a grueling canoe race, 350 miles nearly non stop by some teams and individuals. The record is I think 35 hours and change, essentially ten miles an hour average. I did it with my son in 62 hours, with about 2.5 hours of sleep. It takes about a week before you recover after the race.

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Woody Guthrie and Burl Ives, 1940

It's a 1950's Dawn with the rods ripped out of it. Note the plain lug cut and the hole in the lower lug for the rod brake linkage.

Strange choice of bike to chrome and build up like this, but it makes for a superb looking prop. A bit of extra work on it could make it a completely ridable piece of art.

-Kurt

Niiice. There should be a bike decal with the words "this machine kills fascists." :thumb:

Il Duce on his velocino

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And with more standard bicycle equipment.

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Betty White

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R.I.P Betty White. She holds the record for longest running female on TV.

Is that the actor Michael Ansara with her?

Yep, and a gentleman always pays for a lady's bike rental.

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Found this at a consignment shop. No bikes, but found this interesting magazine

Shaun Cassidy
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For the TV show version on Breaking Away, they replaced Dennis Christopher with Shaun Cassidy as Dave Stohler.

And they replaced his beautiful Masi with a Huffy!

(which was you could get at your local department stores https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...e-new-box.html)

cool pics , thanks.

Unfortunately I watched that whole series... about 7 episodes. I think only one episode was actually about cycling, and all of them were forgettable.
I sort of remember them referring to Dave's "Le Strade" ... maybe I heard it wrong, but I thought "ridiculous - he's riding a bike that doesn't even exist and it's FRENCH?!?!?!"

Even though Huffy sold a "Breaking Away" model, which was blue, and on the box it said "Breaking Away on Network Television", TV Dave Stoller rode a white Huffy "LeGRANDE"

I know, because I got one for Christmas that year.... I was very careful to ask Santa for the exact bike he actually rode...:thumb:

Betty can do everything!
They should have taken her up into space, instead of William Shatner.
As we can see in the pic, she surely must have had much better legs and a nicer smile and than Bill......:rolleyes: