Author Topic: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen (Read 640632 times)

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #800 on:** 10 March, 2011, 12:49:46 pm »

So that was a total of one adult and four children in a group, on three machines?

I wonder if they were one family or maybe she was shepherding some friend's/neighbour's/etc kids to school/wherever? And... does Butterfly do this with her charges?

clarion · « **Reply #801 on:** 10 March, 2011, 03:04:21 pm »

Yes, that's right. Looked like a mummy-duck with her ducklings. I almost said 'mother', but I realised it could be a carer of some kind.

What Butterfly does with her charges tends to be delimited by the neuroses of various employers.

Quisling · « **Reply #802 on:** 10 March, 2011, 03:12:00 pm »

Note the steering wheels for the kids in the front. Okay, not technically a bike, but seen in Christiania a couple of weeks ago along with more load hauling machines than I'd see in Oxfordshire if I lived here for the rest of my life.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #803 on:** 10 March, 2011, 04:56:15 pm »

I can't work out quite what's what with that pedal-powered vehicle (I can't even see where the pedals are, though I presume there must be some!) but I like it nevertheless.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #804 on:** 10 March, 2011, 05:00:27 pm »

Quote from: clarion on 10 March, 2011, 03:04:21 pm

Yes, that's right. Looked like a mummy-duck with her ducklings. I almost said 'mother', but I realised it could be a carer of some kind.

What Butterfly does with her charges tends to be delimited by the neuroses of various employers.

Lovely, and a predictable but understandable shame, respectively. (Though quite how understandable it really is, I'm not sure, if you trust someone enough to leave them in sole charge of your small children.)

itsbruce · « **Reply #805 on:** 11 March, 2011, 09:31:38 am »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 10 March, 2011, 04:56:15 pm

I can't work out quite what's what with that pedal-powered vehicle (I can't even see where the pedals are, though I presume there must be some!) but I like it nevertheless.

I think it has the same kind of treadle-pedal that you used to find on kiddie cars and very old sewing machines.

itsbruce · « **Reply #806 on:** 11 March, 2011, 09:32:38 am »

BBC News - In pictures: The beauty of the bicycle

Rhys W · « **Reply #807 on:** 11 March, 2011, 09:39:31 am »

Last weekend on the clubrun I spotted a bright yellow Dursley-Pedersen (or definitely a Pedersen of some sort) heading back in to Cardiff.

Wendy · « **Reply #808 on:** 11 March, 2011, 10:21:17 pm »

2 x WAW Velomobiles and 1 x Alleweder A4.

Torslanda · « **Reply #809 on:** 14 March, 2011, 10:19:04 am »

Spotted yesterday afternoon between Preston and Blackpool a Bike Friday tandem (is it a Twosday?)

At first I thought it was a Brommie until I spotted the stickers . . .

Andrij · « **Reply #810 on:** 14 March, 2011, 10:22:23 am »

Saw someone coming off the Greenway on a small-wheeled bike with integral rear rack, couldn't tell if fron rack was bolted on or part of the forks. Can anyone ID?

Wendy · « **Reply #811 on:** 14 March, 2011, 12:06:41 pm »

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #812 on:** 14 March, 2011, 12:21:11 pm »

In york on Sat.

Modern Strida. Mono forks, disc brakes, belt drive. From the looks of it, still rode like a clown bike.

LittleWheelsandBig · « **Reply #813 on:** 14 March, 2011, 12:31:56 pm »

At the Windsor Origami ride, lots of folding bikes including 2 x Pacific Reach, 2 x Strida and Mark Saunder's IF large-wheeled prototype.

itsbruce · « **Reply #814 on:** 14 March, 2011, 12:53:39 pm »

There was a Pashley Guvnor locked up outside the Ritzy cinema on Sunday. OK, so it's not that unusual, but I did stop and drool for a bit.

Wobbly John · « **Reply #815 on:** 14 March, 2011, 01:31:53 pm »

Someone at work has ridden in on a brand new turquoise & orange cruiser - Brookes saddle, Sturmey 5 speed & hub brakes.

Adrian · « **Reply #816 on:** 14 March, 2011, 02:00:11 pm »

This morning between The Oval and Waterloo, a young woman riding mixte framed bike with wooden mudguards and wooden bars..

Torslanda · « **Reply #817 on:** 14 March, 2011, 02:03:10 pm »

Quote from: Wobbly John on 14 March, 2011, 01:31:53 pm

Someone at work has ridden in on a brand new turquoise & orange cruiser - Brookes saddle, Sturmey 5 speed & hub brakes.

Wobbly John was last seen stroking his chin and pondering aloud 'Hmmm. What should I make with this? Muwaahahahahahaha!'

Wobbly John · « **Reply #818 on:** 14 March, 2011, 02:12:57 pm »

The top tube and the down tube are actually pairs of tubes that curve to become the seat stays and chain stays. It looks quite stylish and therefore I think it belongs to the Italian teacher. In which case she will have ridden it up the 15 miles from Cambridge

(She also has a Trek Madone, and a Cannondale alfine equiped hybrid with lefty front fork)

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #819 on:** 14 March, 2011, 05:35:58 pm »

A rather beautiful pale blue Mercian with gold lettering swept past us as we tootled to the station this morning.

corshamjim · « **Reply #820 on:** 14 March, 2011, 06:37:35 pm »

Quote from: Wobbly John on 14 March, 2011, 01:31:53 pm

Someone at work has ridden in on a brand new turquoise & orange cruiser - Brookes saddle, Sturmey 5 speed & hub brakes.

Sounds like it's probably a Pashley Tuberider Pintail then.

Pashley Cycles - Tube Rider - Pintail

I've only seen one other tube rider in the wild myself (apart from my own Paramount of course

).

Wobbly John · « **Reply #821 on:** 14 March, 2011, 07:53:22 pm »

That's the one.

I thought it was a Pashley, but CBA to look at the headbadge to check.

Saw another cruiser on the way home - red, white & chrome with a fake 'tank'.

itsbruce · « **Reply #822 on:** 14 March, 2011, 10:33:56 pm »

Quote from: Wobbly John on 14 March, 2011, 07:53:22 pm

Saw another cruiser on the way home - red, white & chrome with a fake 'tank'.

Sounds like an old Schwinn.

DrMekon · « **Reply #823 on:** 17 March, 2011, 09:48:58 am »

A money is no object orange Brompton S2L-X with all the Ti bits, a Ti Swift and matching Brooks ring grips sat half-folded in the bike shed.

matthew · « **Reply #824 on:** 21 March, 2011, 09:32:07 am »

seen on the train this morning

a Lynsky with complete with a second wheelset in the other hand of the owner.

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