Author Topic: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen (Read 641579 times)

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1325 on:** 20 May, 2012, 11:04:09 pm »

I was going to say a farmyard is where it belongs, but that seems unfair on farmers. And chickens, pigs and cows.

PeteB99 · « **Reply #1326 on:** 21 May, 2012, 12:56:14 pm »

I had a go on one that the LBS had taken in as a trade.

For any rider more than a feather weight the handling is 'interesting'

alexb · « **Reply #1327 on:** 21 May, 2012, 03:21:55 pm »

Quote from: Wendy on 20 May, 2012, 07:18:15 pm

I should think that quite a few of the bikes we see out and about regularly are worth £4k or more.

Fair point, but ti's a bit eye watering for a stock singlespeed with an alloy frame!

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1328 on:** 21 May, 2012, 10:17:18 pm »

Another recumbent today - a black one!

A delta trike hauling a huge, boxy metallic trailer. Something about it made me think it was an American tourist, but I'm not sure what.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1329 on:** 26 May, 2012, 09:47:39 pm »

On today's ride, a Ken Rogers trike - I'm sure this is the first time I've been on a ride with a trike - and an extremely gorgeous W.F. Holdsworth from 1954 in the classic orange.

clarion · « **Reply #1330 on:** 26 May, 2012, 09:55:06 pm »

Butterfly spotted a green Pedersen today being pushed.

And we spied a recumbent, but didn't get a decent look at it

Deano · « **Reply #1331 on:** 28 May, 2012, 05:59:23 am »

wooden bicycle in Danakyu by dean.clementson, on Flickr

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1332 on:** 28 May, 2012, 01:29:22 pm »

Curious closely spaced rear wheels. I'm not sure whether to call it a trike or a double-wheeled bike! Well, the whole thing is curious.

clarion · « **Reply #1333 on:** 30 May, 2012, 10:43:01 am »

At The Windmill, Clapham Common, a Bill Nickson (light levels low, so a bit blurry on the phone cam):

531c, and quite similar to my Woodrup (though with a more boring seat cluster)

Campag gearing, I believe

But Weinmann brakes. The calipers looked a bit clunky compared to the rest of the kit.

clarion · « **Reply #1334 on:** 30 May, 2012, 10:44:56 am »

Shortly after, in Balham, I spotted a Cliff Shrub fixed.

Really quite dark by then, so very blurry, sorry. Ambrosio rims looked a little out of place.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1335 on:** 30 May, 2012, 10:51:58 am »

No bar tape at all on that Cliff Shrub - or is it just blending in with the metal of the bars extremely well?

clarion · « **Reply #1336 on:** 30 May, 2012, 10:53:16 am »

No bar tape. Hipster alert.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1337 on:** 30 May, 2012, 11:41:16 am »

I rode like that for a week or so, many years ago when my bike was "between bar tapes". It wasn't considered hip back then, and even if it hadn't been, I'm sure I wasn't. But never again - painful! Slippery in rain, too.

Bledlow · « **Reply #1338 on:** 02 June, 2012, 08:51:45 pm »

Rain? You don't imagine it's ever ridden in rain, do you? Or when it's cold enough for fingers to freeze on that bare metal? Or far enough for the discomfort of bare bars to be a bother?

I fear you have misunderstood the purpose of such ~~posing devices~~ bicycles.

Ian H · « **Reply #1339 on:** 02 June, 2012, 11:19:41 pm »

This afternoon, on the Uxbridge Rd through Hayes, Middx, a woman wearing stripy leggings powering a treadle bike at considerable speed.

clarion · « **Reply #1340 on:** 03 June, 2012, 04:14:46 am »

There was a chap on a Pegoretti on the Friday night ride. Interesting paint job, very well done, but the frame looked rather agricultural.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1341 on:** 03 June, 2012, 11:55:00 am »

In what way agricultural? There were some Pegoretti frames on display at the Bristol Bespoked show a couple of months ago and I thought they were rather beautiful!

clarion · « **Reply #1342 on:** 03 June, 2012, 02:44:42 pm »

Things like seat stays like plumbing with ugly joints to dropouts. But I don't want to diss the guy's frame.

clarion · « **Reply #1343 on:** 07 June, 2012, 08:55:13 pm »

Nice Witcomb in Camberwell at lunchtime.

Torslanda · « **Reply #1344 on:** 13 June, 2012, 12:24:53 pm »

This morning oo the way to work a schoolboy on a 'bitsa'. Old steel MTB with a cruiser style girder fork and the bars flipped giving a low wide stance. Looked about 10 quid's worth. The grin on his face? Priceless!

clarion · « **Reply #1345 on:** 19 June, 2012, 07:18:48 pm »

I'm in Richmond Park. I've just completed a circuit, and am leaning on a fence relaxing, pleased that I defeated all the hills, despite wearing civvies, and trying not to get sweaty.

My riding has been put into perspective by a chap steaming past on a low handcycle, riding in the direction of Bastard Hill. Impressive.

clarion · « **Reply #1346 on:** 21 June, 2012, 09:45:30 am »

I saw two more handcycles in RP that evening - this time on the road crossing the park from Robin Hood Gate to Ham Gate.

This morning, I saw a Specialized StreetStomper - evidently a hybrid model, trading on the success of the StumpJumper and RockHopper. Pretty rare, I think, though not desperately exciting of itself. What was interesting was the horizontal dropouts, part of which was blanked off in the drive side only. I've never seen this before, and can't think what the purpose might have been.

In Streatham, I also saw a Dave Quinn, which I was surprised had not been turned into a fixed, but was still running 12-speed (I think).

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #1347 on:** 21 June, 2012, 09:51:53 am »

Fixing puncture on my daughter's town bike last night - noticed the tyres; "John Bull tyres".

*How* old are the tyres on that bike? They are falling to pieces.

LittleWheelsandBig · « **Reply #1348 on:** 21 June, 2012, 12:01:14 pm »

http://www.classicrendezvous.com/British_isles/John_Bull_main.htm

clarion · « **Reply #1349 on:** 21 June, 2012, 12:06:14 pm »

Quote

Merged with Metalastik in 1955

But I'm sure I've seen John Bull tyres more recent than that, so the brand name must have continued. I am not aware of any after the 1970s, and perhaps earlier still.