fastboy assless
01-07-10 | 06:59 PM
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A Bicycle without a Seat 
A new California law passed regarding bicycles without seats. It’s now legal to ride a bike without a seat in California, if that bike was designed to not have a seat. Don’t know how many bikes there are without seats. Below is the Fastboy assless from last year, read NO slouching !
Gary
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A new California law passed regarding bicycles without seats. It’s now legal to ride a bike without a seat in California, if that bike was designed to not have a seat. Don’t know how many bikes there are without seats. Below is the Fastboy assless from last year, read NO slouching !
Gary
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01-08-10 | 05:33 AM
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I read a story about a cyclist who had broken his seat post on a ride and decided to not replace it. From that point on he rode without a seat. The kicker is he rode centuries.
I had to do half my commute (7 miles) standing up once and I thought my legs would fall off.
I had to do half my commute (7 miles) standing up once and I thought my legs would fall off.
01-08-10 | 07:07 AM
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
The reason the law was repealed was the emergence of standup, running-motion bicycles, such as the ellipticycle, which were illegal under the old California law. I have seen one of the inventors riding his near my home.
https://www.freshpatents.com/Elliptic...0070219067.php
https://www.sundancechannel.com/discu...post/390221670
https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoID=13996576 (trike version)
https://www.freshpatents.com/Elliptic...0070219067.php
https://www.sundancechannel.com/discu...post/390221670
https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoID=13996576 (trike version)
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
01-08-10 | 10:16 AM
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01-08-10 | 02:02 PM
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Hmm, curious to me, as a European with a Californian spouse and domicile
That there are so many laws!
Cali-spouse, as a keen skier, notices this even more. Europe -'Its dangerous. You know that. Don't crash, no-one's coming!'
I mean, bike saddles? Who was policed for that as a 5 year old?
'De minimis lex non curat', eh?
That there are so many laws!
Cali-spouse, as a keen skier, notices this even more. Europe -'Its dangerous. You know that. Don't crash, no-one's coming!'
I mean, bike saddles? Who was policed for that as a 5 year old?
'De minimis lex non curat', eh?
01-08-10 | 03:41 PM
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Basically for stunts of all kinds, especially slow speed ones where you need to throw your body in all directions and a seat gets in the way. There's a kid who plays on a similar seatless bike near where I work; he launches himself and bike up onto obstacles nearly a meter high from almost a standing start. Not my kind of riding, but I admire his skill.
01-08-10 | 08:22 PM
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01-08-10 | 09:27 PM
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I feel your pain, bro. I've decided to start doing some of my sprints around the park standing because I am so bad at it. Since I have no hills, I crank into a high gear, stand up, and then collapse after 100 yards.
11-23-11 | 01:57 PM
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Pardon the thread bump, but it's interesting that I found this thread in the 50+ forum. I was searching to see if riding bikes without seats was a "thing" after seeing a 50+ commuter-looking rider on a seatless bicycle--twice. The first time I saw him, I assumed the poor guy had his saddle stolen that day and was riding home. Then I saw him again last night, same route, same old bike with no seatpost or saddle.
Who does this?
Who does this?
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