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Hoopdriver 02-07-19 06:34 PM

Not sure if this is a road bike, hybrid, recumbent, or ???
 
For some reason, I could not get the link to show up visible in my post and so had to put it in quotes.

Sorry folks, but you'll have to cut and paste into another browser window. Video is about a guy's motorized bike made from a long timber with wheels on each end. Doesn't seem to safe to me.

"https://www.facebook.com/AwesomepeopleXtrem/videos/2195966390415371/"

Flip Flop Rider 02-07-19 06:39 PM

I can't tell either

badger1 02-07-19 08:35 PM

Looks like a carbon-based, wide-tired, aero, "all road" bike to me.

Ticks all the boxes: not a Shimano component in sight, and very unlikely to have been purchased from a Mom & Pop LBS. Appears to be a custom frame, likely not one of those cookie-cutter bikes made in "Asia".

Should please many people here in General Cycling if recent threads are any indication.

thumpism 02-07-19 08:48 PM

Pic assist. Internal combustion powered. Does not belong here, but at one point he's riding it like a recumbent.
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...59bd703a7a.jpg

Rollie Free did it better and set a record.

https://opimedia.azureedge.net/-/med...-vincent-4.jpg

JanMM 02-09-19 09:21 AM

Motorized transport. Impressed by ability to haul a washing machine.

Lemond1985 02-09-19 09:28 AM


Originally Posted by thumpism (Post 20784463)
Pic assist. Internal combustion powered. Does not belong here, but at one point he's riding it like a recumbent.
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...59bd703a7a.jpg

Rollie Free did it better and set a record.

https://opimedia.azureedge.net/-/med...-vincent-4.jpg

Mods, please move to "Bicycle Fetish and Exhibitionism" sub-forum. :D

woodcraft 02-09-19 10:43 AM

Pole position FTW.

fietsbob 02-09-19 11:18 AM

It's Prone position on a pole and on the Vincent...

Hoopdriver 02-10-19 07:29 AM


Originally Posted by fietsbob (Post 20786590)
It's Prone position on a pole and on the Vincent...

By gosh that is a Black Shadow. I hadn't looked at the picture closely at first and wasn't aware of the "bathing suit" run. Thanks.

Carverbiker 02-10-19 01:02 PM

I would have to have it inspected for termites, carpenter ants, and other pests before riding!

Retro Grouch 02-10-19 03:22 PM


Originally Posted by badger1 (Post 20784444)
Ticks all the boxes: .

Nope. That bike would tick the "Other" or "None of the Above" box.

BlazingPedals 02-10-19 04:55 PM

Prone motorcycle. With no saddles or handlebars, what would keep the passengers from slipping around to the underside of the telephone pole?

JanMM 02-10-19 06:37 PM


Originally Posted by BlazingPedals (Post 20788320)
Prone motorcycle. With no saddles or handlebars, what would keep the passengers from slipping around to the underside of the telephone pole?

Velcro?

tyrion 02-10-19 06:45 PM

Braking technique:

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...deca7e9778.png

BobbyG 02-11-19 01:53 PM

Whatever it is it has a beautiful logged frame.

BlazingPedals 02-12-19 11:27 AM


Originally Posted by BobbyG (Post 20789733)
Whatever it is it has a beautiful logged frame.

Nice! Those are custom logs, too! Steel may be real, but Wood is Wonderful.

Milton Keynes 02-12-19 12:31 PM

I love the Flintstone braking system.

Chinghis 02-12-19 01:43 PM


Originally Posted by Hoopdriver (Post 20787541)
By gosh that is a Black Shadow. I hadn't looked at the picture closely at first and wasn't aware of the "bathing suit" run. Thanks.

Hunter S. Thompson would approve, I'm sure.

Teamprovicycle 02-12-19 05:19 PM

Wood is good !!


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