Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen

[Kim]

The Worcester & Birmingham Canal is just up the road, I suppose...

[CrinklyLion]

I saw a very hipster-looking chap with a Cinelli which had a marked lack of brakes, and rather less than the normal quota of spokes, today.  Noticed the absence of rear brake.  Then that there was none on the front either.  Then realised it was a ss, not a fixed.  Still, at least he was walking and pushing it as he wandered along the (busy) road.  Not on the (wide) pavement, actually on the road  And apparently having a ss with no brakes means that it is compulsory to RLJ even when you're walking.

[Torslanda]

A case of 'terminal pose', there's no hope for him.

[mrcharly-YHT]

I think I've seen that one in York. Deep section rims? Riding slowly on the pavement. If I hadn't been in a hurry, I'd have been tempted to step in front of him, just to see what would happen.

[clarion]

We saw a lowrider style bike in Croydon.  It must have weighed a ton.  The rear wheel had a motorbike rim.

[Arch]

Ah yes, I spotted this outside Aldi earlier:



The first case of DUI bars I've seen in Brum, and the only time I've seen them combined with bar-end shifters, for the ultimate in ergonomic fail.  The brakes being on the wrong sides is just the icing on the cake

The rear wheel was locked to the frame, and it was resting on its propstand.  Not that anyone would want to nick it...

Hang on, has that got a suicide lever on one side only? 

[Cudzoziemiec]

I noticed the same. I can see how you could use the 'safety lever' (as they were marketed in the '80s) to brake with the bars at such an angle, but there's only one, and it's the back brake, so it'll have the stopping power of chewing gum.

The frame looks as if it might show promise, though. If that's the case, this bike deserves a visit from the midnight guerilla bike fettler - to reset the bars, remove the mktgspk lvr and leave instruction on locking the thing up.

[Kim]

Hang on, has that got a suicide lever on one side only? 

I think that's just an artefact of my taking-a-photo-while-pretending-to-read-a-text-message technique.  You can see the top end of one on the left lever, the rest is I think just hidden from view.  I certainly don't remember there only being one, though I was somewhat distracted by the comedy shifters.

[andygates]

Lord, that's worth a Bike Snob 'Cockie' Award.

[clarion]

Yesterday morning, I saw a Carlton fixed.  Not sure what it had been, but it still had its original livery, in a fetching bronze.

[TheLurker]

Teenager trundling down Cricklade St in Cirencester on a Bickerton at lunchtime.

[clarion]

Poor kid.  I wonder what they'd done to deserve that?

[Gus]

saw this tallbike today :

The owner  showed how to trackstand on it. 

[TimO]

That's a very tall, tall bike, and I've never seen the chain done like that before, very interesting.

[Sergeant Pluck]

I wonder how well the steering works - even assuming that both frames have the same head tube angle and that the head tubes are perfectly lined up.

[Ham]

Some Bianchi Celete at the Bike Show, 50's stylee.

Chain is incredibly slack, tho

[Arch]

Hang on, has that got a suicide lever on one side only? 

I think that's just an artefact of my taking-a-photo-while-pretending-to-read-a-text-message technique.  You can see the top end of one on the left lever, the rest is I think just hidden from view.  I certainly don't remember there only being one, though I was somewhat distracted by the comedy shifters.

I dunno. I've looked and looked (and did so before I posted), and can't see how the whole lever can be there and not show at the end.  I can see that the bit attached to the hood is there - maybe it's snapped off short and the stub is hidden.

[mAsTa RiDaH]

Ah yes, I spotted this outside Aldi earlier:



The first case of DUI bars I've seen in Brum, and the only time I've seen them combined with bar-end shifters, for the ultimate in ergonomic fail.  The brakes being on the wrong sides is just the icing on the cake

The rear wheel was locked to the frame, and it was resting on its propstand.  Not that anyone would want to nick it...

Hang on, has that got a suicide lever on one side only?  

A Graeme O'Bree fan? The set up for the now infamous (cheers UCI) 'tuck' position.

[tiermat]

Whilst out with the CrinklyPride yesterday, at the lunch stop (Blacksmiths Arms in Naburn) we saw a "The Duet", it wasn't until we were leaving that I worked out it attaches to a section on the back of a wheelchair, making it into a tandem trike.

Looked like the Economy one on here : The Go Anywhere Wheelchair Bicycle Tandem: The Duet

Pretty damned cool if you ask me

[clarion]

We saw a lot of interesting metal & plastic at the Cycle show, but couldn't list that here.  However, on Garratt Lane, we did see (well, Butterfly spotted) a Hase Pino.

[geraldc]

Spotted by Shepherds Bush Green. Cruiser, but with reversed forks, drop bars, and reserved brake levers, and bar ends. I think they're homemade butteryfly bars.

[CrinklyLion]

Whilst out with the CrinklyPride yesterday, at the lunch stop (Blacksmiths Arms in Naburn) we saw a "The Duet", it wasn't until we were leaving that I worked out it attaches to a section on the back of a wheelchair, making it into a tandem trike.

Looked like the Economy one on here : The Go Anywhere Wheelchair Bicycle Tandem: The Duet

Pretty damned cool if you ask me

We were also sharing the (clearly labelled, and signposted from the front of the pub) Bike Parking with another mtb+tagalong, rather a lot of rather reasonable bikes and another 2 islabikes.  And I spotted 3 other islabikes as we were riding, making it a 6 (including the cub's) islabike day.  The care with which one driver, clearly very aware that he was being watched by a large number of cyclists fearful for their precious,  3-pointed their car out of the car space opposite was fairly amusing.

[hatler]

Saw a fantastic combo on Saturday near Motspur Park. A recumbent tandem towing a double seater trike tagalong.

Edit. With the tagalong seats in line, not abreast.

[Zipperhead]

Yesterday I saw a Dursley Pedersen, the frame looked to be made out of stainless.

[clarion]

Saw a fantastic combo on Saturday near Motspur Park. A recumbent tandem towing a double seater trike tagalong.

That must have made for a long vehicle and a large turning circle.