Most Awesome Bicycle in the world!
Don Demuth
|> I am looking for an awesome bicycle!
|> I don't want a standard mountain bike or a ten speed or 18 speed.
|> I want something awe inspiring!
|> I want something totally different.
|> Anyone got any ideas?
Sounds like you'd be interested in Tho's CNC pen knife carved balsa bike--
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In article <3ac8nj$cvr$6...@mhadg.production.compuserve.com>, John <75232...@CompuServe.COM> writes:
|>I am looking for an awesome bicycle!
|>I don't want a standard mountain bike or a ten speed or 18 speed.
|>I want something awe inspiring!
|>I want something totally different.
|>Anyone got any ideas?
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In article <3ac8nj$cvr$6...@mhadg.production.compuserve.com>, John <75232...@CompuServe.COM> writes:
|>I am looking for an awesome bicycle!
|>I don't want a standard mountain bike or a ten speed or 18 speed.
|>I want something awe inspiring!
|>I want something totally different.
|>Anyone got any ideas?
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Try a tandem - it's totally different! (It was riding a tandem that got me
back into riding my single again, as a training exercise to be a faster
tandem rider.)
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John
Alex Colvin
>I want something totally different.
unicycle. offroad.
i'm not sure "awe-inspiring" is something you buy...
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Patrick McNally
> I am looking for an awesome bicycle!
> I don't want a standard mountain bike or a ten speed or 18 speed.
> I want something awe inspiring!
> I want something totally different.
> Anyone got any ideas?
In the latest Road Bike Action, there is an article about the
IBIS Scorcher. It is a fixed gear bike, with 26 inch wheels, and
handlebars in the shape of a U! It looks pretty cool, and it comes
with a Brooks Saddle.
Rolf Mantel
John> I am looking for an awesome bicycle! I don't want a
John> standard mountain bike or a ten speed or 18 speed. I want
John> something awe inspiring! I want something totally
John> different. Anyone got any ideas?
Buy the "Encyclopedia 1994/95" and have a look at how many "different"
bikes there are. For your purpose, a "Pedersen" might be quite nice,
if you don't need gears (and only wimps need gears in a flat place
like NY).
Rolf
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Cory M. Fry
>>I want something awe inspiring!
>>I want something totally different.
> unicycle. offroad.
LOL...... now theres an idea, a unicycle in the dirt, or... Once saw
a thing called a 'skate bike'. Had a 26" wheel in back, and a skate
wheel just in front of the bottom bracket, and no handle bars, but a
brake with the lever just under the nose of the seat.
For totally 'awesome' though, how bout a Cinelli Laser. Not sure if
they still make them, but back in about '85 or so, they were going for
about $6k.... Or whatever...
Cory
Akuma
>>I want something awe inspiring!
>>I want something totally different.
>
> unicycle. offroad.
>
competitions around and of course (*flameproof suit on*) unicycling is
even more fun than biking (such a waste of a wheel :-) ).
Oh, sometimes I wish I was in the States where so much of the
'International' Unicycling Association activity is. But what the hell,
I've still got enough unicycling friends round here to play hockey with.
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David Casseres
<75232...@CompuServe.COM> wrote:
> I am looking for an awesome bicycle!
> I don't want a standard mountain bike or a ten speed or 18 speed.
> I want something awe inspiring!
> I want something totally different.
> Anyone got any ideas?
Sure! Sounds like you're in the mood to spend some money, so check around
for a good framebuilder who will build you a one-off custom frame, sized
to your very own personal body, designed for your own personal riding
style, equipped with whatever fribbles and gazornises your gadget-happy
heart may desire, and painted to express your innermost soul. Go for it!
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Exclaimer: Hey!
Jay Wenner
:
: |> I am looking for an awesome bicycle!
: |> I don't want a standard mountain bike or a ten speed or 18 speed.
: |> I want something awe inspiring!
: |> I want something totally different.
: |> Anyone got any ideas?
:
This recommendation misses the first point, but it hits the rest:
1992 Gray Harley Fatboy.
James W Gourgoutis
><75232...@CompuServe.COM> wrote:
>
>> I am looking for an awesome bicycle!
>> I don't want a standard mountain bike or a ten speed or 18 speed.
>> I want something awe inspiring!
>> I want something totally different.
>> Anyone got any ideas?
How about a high-wheeler, also known as a penny-farthing? THAT'll turn
heads!
Or, even better, a RECUMBENT!!!
8-)
Jim
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graduate school of mechanical engineering ~~ -\<, --couldn't decide
university of pittsburgh / pittsburgh, pa ~~ ( )/( ) which bike to ride!"
Dr Richard Taylor
> In the referenced article, m...@coos.dartmouth.edu (Alex Colvin) writes:
> >>I want something awe inspiring!
> >>I want something totally different.
> >
> > unicycle. offroad.
> >
> But that's not a bike. Still, there are plenty of mountain unicycling
> competitions around and of course (*flameproof suit on*) unicycling is
> even more fun than biking (such a waste of a wheel :-) ).
but then have you ever seen a tandem uni-cycle ? Average number of wheels per
rider seems pretty good on a duo, better on a triplet, and a aren't Sanatana
producing a quad ? 1/2 a wheel per person, now that *is* economy
> Oh, sometimes I wish I was in the States where so much of the
> 'International' Unicycling Association activity is. But what the hell,
> I've still got enough unicycling friends round here to play hockey with.
Hey, this is the land of the "world series" you know :-)
rwt
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Akuma
>
>but then have you ever seen a tandem uni-cycle ? Average number of wheels per
>rider seems pretty good on a duo, better on a triplet, and a aren't Sanatana
>producing a quad ? 1/2 a wheel per person, now that *is* economy
>
an article about the attempt to break the tandem unicycle distance
record. I think they gave up after something like 80 miles, but it was
enough to get into the record books.
It looks a bitch to ride, but I'd love to give it a go. It matches the
quad on wheel economy, and wins on frame wastage. :-)
Henry Troup
James W Gourgoutis <sko...@pitt.edu> wrote:
>How about a high-wheeler, also known as a penny-farthing? THAT'll turn
>heads!
>
>Or, even better, a RECUMBENT!!!
Recumbent unicycle?
High-wheeler unicycle?
Tandem high-wheeler?
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Rob Horvatich,EVEO,,
>In the referenced article, tay...@cs.wmich.edu (Dr Richard Taylor) writes:
>>
>>but then have you ever seen a tandem uni-cycle ? Average number of wheels per
>>rider seems pretty good on a duo, better on a triplet, and a aren't Sanatana
>>producing a quad ? 1/2 a wheel per person, now that *is* economy
>>
> Only once, and then it was a photo in a juggling magazine. There was
>an article about the attempt to break the tandem unicycle distance
>record. I think they gave up after something like 80 miles, but it was
>enough to get into the record books.
>
> It looks a bitch to ride, but I'd love to give it a go. It matches the
>quad on wheel economy, and wins on frame wastage. :-)
Saw one at the Henry Ford Museum here. The frame resembled a bridge truss
structure.
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Olaf Pesch
> Buy the "Encyclopedia 1994/95" and have a look at how many "different"
> bikes there are.
For your purpose, a "Pedersen" might be quite nice,
> if you don't need gears (and only wimps need gears in a flat place
> like NY).
gears. There are two german producers and the people of Christiana in
Denmark who market modern frames with Pedersen characteristics.
ru,
Olaf
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