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Butterfly

Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1850 on: 06 April, 2014, 10:01:02 am »
Quote from: matthew on 06 April, 2014, 12:01:04 am
Quote from: Vince on 05 April, 2014, 07:25:47 pm
Whilst riding down the Northsea cycle path I saw a confused tandem coming the other way. The front was recumbent and the rear upright. I'm not sure if it was steered from the front or the back.

Sounds like a Hase Pino. Tim Hall has one and they are steered from the rear.

Or a morpheus.
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Vince

  • Can't climb; won't climb
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1851 on: 06 April, 2014, 12:30:14 pm »
I think it had a large back wheel so the Hase Pino is more likely.
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Salvatore

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Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1852 on: 09 April, 2014, 09:26:32 am »
A Higgins Ultralite barrow with cottered chainset and rear disc brake.
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Vince

  • Can't climb; won't climb
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1853 on: 09 April, 2014, 09:27:46 am »
An ICE Sprint, being ridden in the office car park by a guy with a beard and a flat cap.
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Auntie Helen

  • 6 Wheels in Germany
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1854 on: 09 April, 2014, 04:28:01 pm »
I hope you went out and had a chat to him!
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clarion

  • Tyke
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1855 on: 09 April, 2014, 09:43:56 pm »
I've never seen a Merckx mixte before:
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menthel

  • Jim is my real, actual name
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1856 on: 09 April, 2014, 10:21:00 pm »
Saw a bike with boingy forks and drop bars being propelled along Kingston Road this evening. May have been a 29er with new bars but can't be sure!
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Ian H

Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1857 on: 09 April, 2014, 11:02:21 pm »
Had a very nice chat with a dog owner about his 60s Moulton this evening. Ten quid off Freecycle. He reckons it has one original tyre. Four speed Sturmey.
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Wobbly John

Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1858 on: 10 April, 2014, 07:11:37 am »
Quote from: Ian H on 09 April, 2014, 11:02:21 pm
Had a very nice chat with a dog owner about his 60s Moulton this evening. Ten quid off Freecycle. He reckons it has one original tyre. Four speed Sturmey.

New tyres don't last as long - my '60s Moulton (used as a 'nipping down town bike' at work) still has the original front one, but the back one I replaced about 8 years ago is splitting >:(

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clarion

  • Tyke
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1859 on: 10 April, 2014, 10:14:30 pm »
The owner saw me taking this shot, so I gave him a :thumbsup:, and he waved back with a :)
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Kim

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Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1860 on: 11 April, 2014, 01:51:42 pm »
Needs locking up with handcuffs for the full effect.
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spesh

Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1861 on: 11 April, 2014, 02:53:04 pm »
Quote from: menthel on 09 April, 2014, 10:21:00 pm
Saw a bike with boingy forks and drop bars being propelled along Kingston Road this evening. May have been a 29er with new bars but can't be sure!

Very retro, obviously a John Tomac fan back in the day.

http://www.mountainbikes.net/carbon/c26.htm
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Reg.T

  • "You don't have to go fast; you just have to go."
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1862 on: 13 April, 2014, 11:00:40 pm »
Passed a bright red tadpole trike recumbent tandem today (its riders were standing beside it).
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Vince

  • Can't climb; won't climb
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1863 on: 14 April, 2014, 06:35:26 am »
I saw a child front tandem. On the pilot's handlebars was a child seat and another was on the rack behind the pilot.
Four on one bike!
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Cudzoziemiec

  • Ride adventurously and stop for a brew.
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1864 on: 14 April, 2014, 08:58:03 am »
A lady in her 60s or 70s riding a green tricycle of similar age. She told me she had 'rescued' it from Beaulieu Motor Museum. It's overall shape reminded very much of the trike I had when I was about 4 - obviously this one was somewhat larger! The wicker basket between the rear wheels was new as was the dog running alongside. Hub brakes, singlespeed and hard work, she said.
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Bledlow

Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1865 on: 14 April, 2014, 10:28:48 am »
Passed a tandem club ride yesterday (with one couple Mrs B & I know  :thumbsup: ), on which there were TWO half-recumbent tandems.

Near Shurlock Row, Berkshire.
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jogler

  • mojo operandi
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1866 on: 14 April, 2014, 10:42:05 am »
Is a half recumbent tandem a Pino Hase type of construction?
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LittleWheelsandBig

  • Whimsy Rider
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1867 on: 14 April, 2014, 01:38:58 pm »
A very large number of unusual bikes spotted on the weekend.

Bespoked on Sunday had a wide range of weird and pretty machines http://www.bespoked.cc/ just has a small slice. The bike with electronic shifting controlled via conductive paint had the biggest buzz on the floor.

The Origami ride on Saturday had a couple of dozen folding and small wheeled machines from a Montague Bi-frame to a variety of Moultons. I don't think any bike was completely stock and about a quarter of the machines had Rohloffs fitted.
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woollypigs

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Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1868 on: 14 April, 2014, 06:29:59 pm »
An electric folding bike, heavy as an heavy thing, though had a kick even with my 16± stones on it, when you pressed go. I wish the owner many many many happy miles on it and do hope he do his share of offerings to the faeries, fitting the rear wheel with the motor was a faff and a half.
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Bledlow

Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1869 on: 15 April, 2014, 03:31:59 pm »
Quote from: jogler on 14 April, 2014, 10:42:05 am
Is a half recumbent tandem a Pino Hase type of construction?
I had to look that up.

Yes - one rider upright, one recumbent.
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jogler

  • mojo operandi
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1870 on: 15 April, 2014, 03:34:36 pm »
Quote from: Bledlow on 15 April, 2014, 03:31:59 pm
Yes - one rider upright, one recumbent.

sounds like the result of a cycling pub crawl ;D
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clarion

  • Tyke
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1871 on: 16 April, 2014, 11:31:51 am »
P4140009 by TJ Clarion, on Flickr

P4140010 by TJ Clarion, on Flickr
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Cudzoziemiec

  • Ride adventurously and stop for a brew.
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1872 on: 16 April, 2014, 11:44:37 am »
Delivery bikes or are they just advertising (or maybe for shoppers to ride home with purchases?)

Love the window in the top photo showing Butterfly and Nye reflected and a customer looking out at you rather grumpily!
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Vince

  • Can't climb; won't climb
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1873 on: 16 April, 2014, 02:20:41 pm »
One of these

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cycleman

Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #1874 on: 16 April, 2014, 04:06:39 pm »
seen in London last week

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