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matthew

Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2650 on: 09 August, 2018, 08:31:17 pm »
Quote from: Torslanda on 09 August, 2018, 03:53:55 pm
. . . in an orderly fashion, M'lud!

Given that at that point he was by the water tower and therefore at the top of the hill the rider was looking in good shape.
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Clare

  • Is in NZ
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2651 on: 09 August, 2018, 11:36:16 pm »
Quote from: Ian H on 28 July, 2018, 10:49:25 am
A friend claims to have seen a French family on a triplet recumbent* with a child trailer and two children on solos.  On a UK campsite.

*I googled and found nothing like it, just one where the rear stoker faces backwards.

I saw that (or a simillar triplet plus two DFs) in Portsmouth today, heading for the ferry port. It is an incredible looking machine. The set up is:

trailer adult child adult.

It is very long and I am glad I didn't meet it on the shared use path by the dockyard wall. Also not entirely sure how they got it round the turn at the end of the cycle path at Unicorn gate.
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Cudzoziemiec

  • Ride adventurously and stop for a brew.
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2652 on: 22 August, 2018, 05:37:16 pm »
A pale green Sven with racks, shiny mudguards and, slightly oddly IMO, headlight mounted on the left fork leg.
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T42

  • Apprentice geezer
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2653 on: 24 August, 2018, 11:21:23 am »
This morning, a couple of k from home:

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Cudzoziemiec

  • Ride adventurously and stop for a brew.
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2654 on: 24 August, 2018, 11:29:16 am »
 :thumbsup: :) :)
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Basil

  • Um....err......oh bugger!
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Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2655 on: 30 August, 2018, 04:02:21 pm »
Carmarthen Castle Council House has an unusual bike parked.
(Shaky phone picture taken from a moving bus)


20180830_141306 by Basil W, on Flickr


20180830_141402 by Basil W, on Flickr
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rr

Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2656 on: 30 August, 2018, 06:36:48 pm »
Brompton fitted with a, Infront of rider, child seat.

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Andrij

  • Андрій
  • Ερασιτεχνικός μισάνθρωπος
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2657 on: 30 August, 2018, 09:18:57 pm »
A Brompton e-bike. 

Could this be the ultimate city bike?
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Kim

  • Timelord
    • Fediverse
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2658 on: 30 August, 2018, 10:43:00 pm »
Quote from: Andrij on 30 August, 2018, 09:18:57 pm
A Brompton e-bike. 

Could this be the ultimate city bike?

Depends on the size of the potholes, I think.
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The Family Cyclist

Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2659 on: 31 August, 2018, 06:43:03 am »
More unusual riders then actual bikes but in Berlin Ohio lots of Amish on bikes, quite a few with Burley cycles trailers. Best one was a guy in full on Amish clothing on a sit up bike absolutely carving through turns down hill. I was a good distance back doing 40mph and he was pulling away from me.
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Jaded

  • The Codfather
  • Formerly known as Jaded
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2660 on: 31 August, 2018, 08:10:26 am »
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fuzzy

Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2661 on: 31 August, 2018, 12:23:09 pm »
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PeteB99

Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2662 on: 01 September, 2018, 10:55:34 am »
Not quite a bike but yesterday an electric unicycle going at a fair pace.
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Jakob W

Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2663 on: 01 September, 2018, 01:40:09 pm »
Quote from: PeteB99 on 01 September, 2018, 10:55:34 am
electric unicycle

Er, what now? Is this some kind of Segway/auto-stabilised thing, or something else?
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PeteB99

Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2664 on: 01 September, 2018, 04:06:20 pm »
Yes, A stabilised single wheel with a small step each side to stand on. Google electric unicycle and you'll get the idea.
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Jakob W

Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2665 on: 01 September, 2018, 07:54:30 pm »
My initial thought was of the traditional kind with a hub motor fitted, which would seem to be a way of getting to the faceplant a heck of a lot faster...
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Wobbly John

Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2666 on: 01 September, 2018, 08:01:02 pm »
On a social ride today, with a local group, a Redmount Roller recumbent trike. (if you were at Mildenhall cyling festival, you may have seen it there)


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JennyB

  • Old enough to know better
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2667 on: 01 September, 2018, 09:00:28 pm »
Quote from: Jakob W on 01 September, 2018, 07:54:30 pm
My initial thought was of the traditional kind with a hub motor fitted, which would seem to be a way of getting to the faceplant a heck of a lot faster...


The ever-inventive Justin Lemire-Elmore has that sorted.  :o
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Jakob W

Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2668 on: 01 September, 2018, 09:03:27 pm »
That's proper crack-fuelled engineering, that is...
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rr

Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2669 on: 02 September, 2018, 07:52:56 am »
This week in Amsterdam we have seen both a Segway style unicycle and a Segway style two wheeled wheel chair.

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cycleman

Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2670 on: 02 September, 2018, 08:18:49 am »
Quote from: Wobbly John on 01 September, 2018, 08:01:02 pm
On a social ride today, with a local group, a Redmount Roller recumbent trike. (if you were at Mildenhall cyling festival, you may have seen it there)


I rode on one of them on a test ride years ago. I recall it having a frightening amount of brake steer   :)
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PeteB99

Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2671 on: 02 September, 2018, 10:19:41 am »
Quote from: Jakob W on 01 September, 2018, 07:54:30 pm
My initial thought was of the traditional kind with a hub motor fitted, which would seem to be a way of getting to the faceplant a heck of a lot faster...

The guy was doing a decent speed of about 10 to 15 mph so my first thought was of the possibility of a face plant. He was still upright when he went out of sight though.
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Zipperhead

  • The cyclist formerly known as Big Helga
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2672 on: 02 September, 2018, 11:05:35 am »
Quote from: JennyB on 01 September, 2018, 09:00:28 pm
Quote from: Jakob W on 01 September, 2018, 07:54:30 pm
My initial thought was of the traditional kind with a hub motor fitted, which would seem to be a way of getting to the faceplant a heck of a lot faster...


The ever-inventive Justin Lemire-Elmore has that sorted.  :o

That's completely, utterly, wonderfully barking. I love it.
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SteveC

Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2673 on: 02 September, 2018, 07:42:23 pm »
Have we had this one before? (Beamish Museum)
Direct drive to the big wheel in the middle (as for an Ordinary). All four of the other wheels steer.


Five wheeled ‘bike’ by Steve Cunio, on Flickr
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LittleWheelsandBig

  • Whimsy Rider
Re: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen
« Reply #2674 on: 02 September, 2018, 07:45:18 pm »
I think it was known as the 'Hen and Chicks' and was quite useless on uneven roads as the drive wheel kept losing contact.
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