If I Needed More Proof That I'm 50+
 

I clicked this link and thought, "That poor girl isn't wearing a helmet."

http://74.54.212.169/jVXA3yeek6euv3ke3pk1LtFT_500.jpg

I get the feeling the pic isn't safe for work, so I'll just wait until I get home to follow it.

I think it's SfW. Nobody's even partially nekked.

I can see the need for riding in that position....there is no where for her to put her feet if she were facing forward:rolleyes:

Did you notice the fellow isn't wearing a helmet;)

At 60+ you begin to wonder why this fellow would put himself at risk like that.........:rolleyes:

That bike is a POS. You'd think she could do better. ;)

Good one!

The fellow isn't wearing a helmet, either, I noticed immediately.

She's backwards! Here is the correct position from my memories of the 50s. We used to use the axle nuts as a foot rest. I can remember riding with one kid on the handlebars and another (my small, little brother) on the top tube. Balloon tire Schwinns rocked.
http://69.90.174.250/photos/display_...71985715,1.jpg

It strikes me as romantic. And, nice panning by the photog.

This reminded me of an incident in about 4th grade. A classmate was riding on the handlebars on another guy's bike. The rider T-boned a car on a busy cross street. The handlebars kid held on tight and broke both wrists -- what a way to spend a summer.

Yeh. Me too. Most of my fancy smancy bikes today would instantly collapse if I tried that.

Why didn't I think of that position when I was a kid? All those girls I gave rides to in those days sat looking forward like in donheff's pic. Damn.:mad:

Resting the toes on those axle nuts was okay as long as you were wearing shoes. It's easy for the toes to slip into the spokes barefooted:eek::eek:

That was a Photo from the immortal tome: "Kamasutra of Cycling"
:D

It must be spring....

http://www.catoregon.org/images/hpmlonghaulkid5.jpg

My first thought was of butt pain. I cannot imagine riding on a handlebar. Even worse than a carbon racing saddle.

I think my limit for being able to ride there would be for 1 block, if that.

This is the first advantage I have seen of a lower seat and a higher handlebar.;)

James Bond had a little more power than we do but I like the riding positions.:D

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...orcycle002.jpg

And guess what happens when the person on the handle bars feet go into the spokes....?

What's now called an 'endo' by the mtn bike folks....happened to me and a buddy when I was about 10 years old on my then fairly new 'English Racer' 3 speed. He let his foot get in the spokes and it was launch time for both of us as we were going down a slight hill.

After we picked ourselves up (no major injuries), I discovered the fork was bent back so far the front wheel wouldn't clear the downtube, so we had to walk a crooked bike back home several miles.

My father took a look at us, called us a few choice names, and then turned the fork/wheel around backwards and rammed it into a wall enough times to bend it back the other way enough so I could ride it again.

Imagine trying that with a new hi-tech bike these days. I rode it for 2-3 more years, sold it to a buddy who got it fixed up real nice. Sometime after that he got hit by a car (no major injuries), but it finished off the bike.

:D:D:D:D Darned things were near indestructible.