Genius
05-16-14 | 09:45 AM
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Genius
Modified kids bike frame.
Front wheel drive.
Mountain bike fork for a seatpost.
Cheapo office chair for a saddle.
Purple awesomeness.
Front wheel drive.
Mountain bike fork for a seatpost.
Cheapo office chair for a saddle.
Purple awesomeness.
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05-16-14 | 10:39 AM
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Chance encounter. Whoever put that together is a true engineer.
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05-16-14 | 11:11 AM
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You could probably fit a wine bottle in that holder.
05-16-14 | 05:25 PM
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I bet the hardest part was finding the matching purple seat!! I think I see valve stem in the rear tires so they look to be pressurized versus solid. I find myself really studying that thing........
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05-16-14 | 08:41 PM
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05-17-14 | 12:09 AM
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Bikes: Catrike 559 I own some others but they don't get ridden very much.
I see two cables coming from the handlebar but no brake.
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05-17-14 | 07:04 AM
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But..............does look like a brake is on the front of the most forward piece of the 'fork-thing' below the crankset. Not on the original fork.
Cruzbike will be introducing their own version of this thing very soon.
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05-17-14 | 08:16 AM
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Bikes: Catrike 559 I own some others but they don't get ridden very much.
05-17-14 | 08:22 AM
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Agreed. The genius of the bike is that it can be configured in so many ways and still be recognized as a bike.
this weekend I am riding in Monterey CA. One of the bike trails goes past a homeless encampment of sorts. Many of these guys have turned "throw away" bikes into veritable works of engineering art, converting them into transport vehicles for their worldly possessions. Truly amazing!
this weekend I am riding in Monterey CA. One of the bike trails goes past a homeless encampment of sorts. Many of these guys have turned "throw away" bikes into veritable works of engineering art, converting them into transport vehicles for their worldly possessions. Truly amazing!
05-17-14 | 09:26 AM
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Agreed. The genius of the bike is that it can be configured in so many ways and still be recognized as a bike.
this weekend I am riding in Monterey CA. One of the bike trails goes past a homeless encampment of sorts. Many of these guys have turned "throw away" bikes into veritable works of engineering art, converting them into transport vehicles for their worldly possessions. Truly amazing!
this weekend I am riding in Monterey CA. One of the bike trails goes past a homeless encampment of sorts. Many of these guys have turned "throw away" bikes into veritable works of engineering art, converting them into transport vehicles for their worldly possessions. Truly amazing!
https://www.bikeforums.net/fifty-plus...ll-roland.html
I haven't seen him in quite a while.
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05-17-14 | 10:58 AM
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Bikes: Bikes??? Thought this was social media?!?
S. Cal location means that it must be an invention that crossed the border. Deport it.
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05-17-14 | 12:53 PM
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Yup. Kinda reminds me of Roland.
https://www.bikeforums.net/fifty-plus...ll-roland.html
I haven't seen him in quite a while.
https://www.bikeforums.net/fifty-plus...ll-roland.html
I haven't seen him in quite a while.
I did see him once, at Neptune's Net. He was quite a sight. Since then I have seen other riders pulling similar "transports" but none in the scale of Roland.
I wish I had talked to him.
