Old bike
09-26-12, 05:38 AM
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Old bike
I'm sure others have seen this photo before. Apparently, the owner leaned the bike against the tree in '34 and left it there (for a little while).
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09-26-12, 05:42 AM
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Any chance you have a larger version of that?
09-26-12, 08:10 AM
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I like it. Thanks, I hadn't seen that before.
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09-26-12, 08:55 AM
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Kinda cool, but I smell a fake. The base of a tree remains the base of a tree. They grow out from the branch tips.
09-26-12, 09:09 AM
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Apparently it is the real deal but the description is false. Also I have heard that the external parts like the handlebars and fork might have been replaced or altered over the years due to people stealing them.
https://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/bicycle.asp
I am not sure about the parts though, i just remember reading about it a while back.
https://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/bicycle.asp
I am not sure about the parts though, i just remember reading about it a while back.
09-26-12, 09:12 AM
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I think we can save it.
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09-26-12, 09:50 AM
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There's something similar in a park near where I live. It looks like a pile of parts on the ground, but there were two 2" diameter oak trees growing up between the fork legs and through the wheels the first time I found it, but they were hacked down when I took the photo. It's still firmly anchored...
09-26-12, 10:30 AM
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09-26-12, 12:15 PM
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I think I saw a bike in a tree just like that on Vashon Island in Washington a few years ago.
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