Not many things in this thread make me actually laugh out loud, but this one did. That ratio tho. Hey, at least swapping chains is easy, amirite guize?

You are a genius my good sir!

*nabs them off of a certain black langster he knows about

Needs a bigger chainring

Not sure if this should go in Jackass or Seen on the Street.

Looks like whomever was messing with this thing got fed up and just left it.

Couldn't figure out how to make it a trike

#groundscore

"I'm going to make a tall bike! ...meh, f'it!"

Some jackass bike lanes where I live.

Yeah it's pretty dangerous to pass to the right of people making a right hand turn. Just ignore the bike lane in cases like this.

Your city planners clearly dislike bicycles.

yeah, that's definitely a take the lane situation unless you wanna get right hooked

This little number outside the store on my way home this evening. JA teenie bars, saddle pointed at the ground, only front wheel locked to the bar. At least it isn't a quick release:



I feel like this JA store around the corner is the root of this:
Phixx 606 Cycles - Bike Repair/Maintenance - Irving Park - Chicago, IL - Reviews - Photos - Yelp

"Phixx 606". 606 as in Chicago's zip.

That looks to be a right turn only lane so really the only need to take the lane here is if you're being crowded out from the other side. Otherwise it ought to be pretty safe to simply pass on the left. The irony here is that people turning right probably end up riding into the bike lane more often than not; likely affording plenty of open space on the other side where it's actually much safer to travel to begin with. That bike lane REALLY needs to be on the other side of that right hand turning lane.

As a Bicycle and Pedestrian Planner, I can confirm that your city hates you.

Their inspiration:

Urban runaround: The 'Flinstones' bicycle with no pedals or saddle that is powered by walking | Daily Mail OnlineDon't bicycles already do that?

He's going to need a helmet for when his shoelace gets caught in the wheel and he crashes. Looks like a broken neck waiting to happen.

Reminds me of those terrifying "wheelers" from Oz 2...they scared the **** out of me as a kid.

That thing is awful in every conceivable way.

Really. I hope that guy got paid decent money to be photographed with that thing.

To be fair, whoever made that bike did excellent with marketing it. I've seen that thing posted more times than I can count. On every bike site I've ever been on.

Of course, you can argue marketing isn't everything because I've yet to see anyone actually riding, err, walking one.

I have seen it in the wild. The only people using them are tourists in beach cities looking for bike rentals.

It's not really marketing genius. In a world where we're all connected to each other cringe worthy **** tends to market itself.

Poor guy.

They tri so hard.