Author Topic: Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen (Read 646315 times)

Reg.T · « **Reply #1700 on:** 21 July, 2013, 10:26:41 pm »

Quite a crop spotted at CarniVelo in Bristol today, including:

Quite a few Cruiser bikes (some with e-assist):

... including one with a wooden frame ...

A high bike:

A (small) Ordinary with gorilla bars:

Several bikes designed or adapted to carry children:

And an old Raleigh Pro Race:

Lots of small-wheelers too (it was when I went to take a photo of an RSW16, which brought back memories from my childhood, that I realised I'd left my phone behind somewhere, so I couldn't take a picture of it. Thankfully it had been found and retained by staff at Creative Commons).

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1701 on:** 22 July, 2013, 06:37:27 pm »

^Looks like fun. I forgot all about it this year! But I was too busy anyway

and I recognise some of those bikes from last year!

alexb · « **Reply #1702 on:** 23 July, 2013, 09:27:57 am »

I followed a Brompton with a Rohloff today, pretty impressive hub for such a small bike!

Deano · « **Reply #1703 on:** 23 July, 2013, 09:03:01 pm »

Nothing that unusual in itself, but there was a bike parked up at a supermarket which was entirely blue, apart from on the rims and chain and the big chainring where the paint had worn off. I reckon someone had chucked it through a spraying booth. I was tempted to get a frame sprayed in JCB yellow at a previous place of employment, but I never got around to it (mainly cos I was waiting for the much lovelier Komatsu red to come back into production). I would have drawn the line at frame and forks, too.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1704 on:** 24 July, 2013, 06:57:13 pm »

Cheating here, cos I haven't actually seen any of these, but a link to place making a variety of atypical bi(and other)cycles.

Wobbly John · « **Reply #1705 on:** 24 July, 2013, 08:10:39 pm »

Link ?

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1706 on:** 24 July, 2013, 08:48:13 pm »

Sorry.

http://rowerynietypowe.pl/home.html

phantasmagoriana · « **Reply #1707 on:** 30 July, 2013, 10:18:18 am »

Spotted in Brugge - a bamboo bike:

interzen · « **Reply #1708 on:** 30 July, 2013, 10:28:08 am »

Quote from: alexb on 23 July, 2013, 09:27:57 am

I followed a Brompton with a Rohloff today, pretty impressive hub for such a small bike!

There's no kill like overkill ...

clarion · « **Reply #1709 on:** 30 July, 2013, 11:00:44 am »

Quote from: phantasmagoriana on 30 July, 2013, 10:18:18 am

Spotted in Brugge - a bamboo bike:

Dick Van Dyke's?

Deano · « **Reply #1710 on:** 11 August, 2013, 11:32:20 am »

Rohloff-equipped Surly fat bike at Skelwith Bridge:

Bledlow · « **Reply #1711 on:** 13 August, 2013, 10:39:10 am »

A little late, but last Wednesday (August 7th) I saw a recumbent hand trike being wound up the shared use path beside the A329 in Winnersh, between Reading & Wokingham. Never seen one of them before. The rider was female, fairly young & strong-looking.

I didn't have a chance to photograph it because I was cycling in the opposite direction on the other side of the road.

Toady · « **Reply #1712 on:** 20 August, 2013, 09:25:04 am »

Quote from: phantasmagoriana on 30 July, 2013, 10:18:18 am

Spotted in Brugge - a bamboo bike:

It looks from the photo like a lugged frame with lugs made from duck tape. Now, I know there are few uses to which this cannot be put, but that would be pushing it a bit.

Wobbly John · « **Reply #1713 on:** 20 August, 2013, 10:06:22 am »

Quote from: MrToad on 20 August, 2013, 09:25:04 am

Quote from: phantasmagoriana on 30 July, 2013, 10:18:18 am
Spotted in Brugge - a bamboo bike:
It looks from the photo like a lugged frame with lugs made from duck tape. Now, I know there are few uses to which this cannot be put, but that would be pushing it a bit.

It may look like duct tape, but epoxy resin soaked hemp is the normal way the bike is built - sort of a natural carbon fibre (apart from the resin).

Toady · « **Reply #1714 on:** 20 August, 2013, 10:50:43 am »

Quote from: Wobbly John on 20 August, 2013, 10:06:22 am

Quote from: MrToad on 20 August, 2013, 09:25:04 am
Quote from: phantasmagoriana on 30 July, 2013, 10:18:18 am
Spotted in Brugge - a bamboo bike:
It looks from the photo like a lugged frame with lugs made from duck tape. Now, I know there are few uses to which this cannot be put, but that would be pushing it a bit.

It may look like duct tape, but epoxy resin soaked hemp is the normal way the bike is built - sort of a natural carbon fibre (apart from the resin).

Pooh.
In my mind there is a Belgian out there happily riding a bike made from duc(k/t) tape and garden canes.

matthew · « **Reply #1715 on:** 27 August, 2013, 03:57:59 pm »

Folded Airminal boarding the train to London this morning as I crossed the footbridge to travel the other direction.

Equally unusual was the full Royal Navy cycling kit the rider had as her attire. Sunningdale is ~ 60 miles from the nearest naval port at Portsmouth.

Vince · « **Reply #1716 on:** 17 September, 2013, 01:03:26 pm »

This is my friend Christopher with his new bike. He suffers from Pitt-Hopkins syndrome and this bike allows him to get awheel while his father controls the bike via the handle at the back which includes a cable operated steering linkage.

woollypigs · « **Reply #1717 on:** 17 September, 2013, 01:19:28 pm »

Nice wheels

Bledlow · « **Reply #1718 on:** 18 September, 2013, 01:27:47 pm »

Not unusual when new, but interesting nowadays: locked up in Friar Street in Reading, an old red Graham Weigh in Reynolds 653, with what looked like all original kit from ca 1990. Shimano 105 throughout (I used to have some of those brakes! And they were excellent. Now owned by Woofage) with Biopace chainrings (at least, the big one) & 7-speed cassette. Braze-on front derailleur, downtube shift levers.

David Martin · « **Reply #1719 on:** 18 September, 2013, 11:28:23 pm »

Blink and you miss it. Mr Darwin must be watching with interest..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22604267

DrMekon · « **Reply #1720 on:** 18 September, 2013, 11:50:28 pm »

Damn. I suspect he needs to keep his legs like that to accommodate his massive balls.

Wobbly John · « **Reply #1721 on:** 19 September, 2013, 08:56:51 am »

Didn't manage to get a photo, but yesterday I spotted a black, 'sit up & beg' dutch style bike - chain case, steel mudguards, wicker basket,...

...and 'hipster' wheels - white, deep section rims & white spokes!

alexb · « **Reply #1722 on:** 19 September, 2013, 09:33:25 am »

Quote from: David Martin on 18 September, 2013, 11:28:23 pm

Blink and you miss it. Mr Darwin must be watching with interest..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22604267

Still not as fast as the motor-paced record!

clarion · « **Reply #1723 on:** 19 September, 2013, 10:42:04 am »

Just outside work, I saw a chap pulling a wheelie on an electric bike. Most unusual.

menthel · « **Reply #1724 on:** 20 September, 2013, 09:58:39 am »

Saw a recumbent bike coming through Tooting yesterday afternoon. Brave if you ask me, Toots is a bloody nightmare!

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