A Mechanical Oddity?
04-23-13 | 11:18 AM
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A Mechanical Oddity?
I saw this hanging on the wall at a shop in Brooklyn. I'm not planning to buy it; I'm just posting out of curiosity. I figured that C&V would be the forum for this.
Unfortunately the photo I took is pretty bad, and I can't make out the logo. Do any of you guys or gals know what this is? Have you ever worked on or ridden one? Did you like it? Odd propulsion system! Closest thing I can think of is a Stairmaster...
Unfortunately the photo I took is pretty bad, and I can't make out the logo. Do any of you guys or gals know what this is? Have you ever worked on or ridden one? Did you like it? Odd propulsion system! Closest thing I can think of is a Stairmaster...
04-23-13 | 11:26 AM
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Bikes: 1990 Trek 1420 - 1978 Raleigh Professional - 1973 Schwinn Collegiate - 1974 Schwinn Suburban
It looks like an Alenax. My local bike shop has two hanging in the rafters as well.
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04-23-13 | 11:35 AM
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04-23-13 | 12:35 PM
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Bikes: 1962 Carlton Franco-Suisse Custom,1968 Raleigh DL-1/Tourist, 1971 Holdsworth Professional, 1973 Holdsworth Mistral,1973 Raleigh Gran Sport,1974 Raleigh Grand Prix, 1993 Trek 2200 Composite, 2011 Trek 7.3FX
they pop up on my local craigslist at least a dozen times a year...the seller is always trying to pawn it off as some rare bike... but all he really has is the beta-max of bicycles... hmm beta-max.. alenax... kinda rhymes...
04-24-13 | 02:37 PM
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And Graeme Obree is bringing it back for a speed world record attempt.
https://www.redbull.co.nz/cs/Satellit...21243251111198
https://www.redbull.co.nz/cs/Satellit...21243251111198
