FrankCrank
Old layabout
Variety is the spice of life
Sailing ?
Yes.Same here, racers, tourers, shoppers then MTB's came along. We had unknowingly been building MTB's for years from bits and tearing through the woods on them.
That's how it was. 😁Yes.
Cowhorn handlebars on an old racer frame was our woods-offroad-thrashing machine back in the 70s
"Sailing" was an answer to the question "What other sport is so versatile?", not "What other mode of transport is so versatile?".I don’t usually get the boat out to go shopping
So what are you saying? That there are two categories of bikes: Category 1: Bikes that are categorised that people really shouldn't ride; Category 2: Uncategorised bikes that people should ride.This categorising, and sub-categorising of bikes does my head in. I can see that it is important for competition cyclists to have the most purpose built, ultra fit for purpose machines. But for the fat geezers wearing lycra when they really, really shouldnt, it just looks like a triumph of marketing BS over common sense......
Same here, racers, tourers, shoppers then MTB's came along. We had unknowingly been building MTB's for years from bits and tearing through the woods on them.
Yes.
Cowhorn handlebars on an old racer frame was our woods-offroad-thrashing machine back in the 70s
And now someone, somewhere, races them. Probably....iI had forgotten the category of 'shoppers'. We regarded them with disdain, as they were the kind of bike your Mum would have. But we probably missed out on a lot of fun by ignoring them.
cranky Franky, still not enough, unless there's more in the shed, but that looks a little like my front room, 4 bikes in there, & 2 in the hall, one of them is my recumbent trike, & another in the front room.Variety is the spice of life
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And now someone, somewhere, races them. Probably.
I love it when people do amazing things with improbable machinery. Didn't some guy take an Australian postie motorcycle (110cc and a utility design) and ride it back to the UK?https://road.cc/content/review/222750-cyclist-who-went-out-cold
Well, Tim Moore rode a MIFA 900, an East German shopping bike, probably the bike equivalent of a Trabant, the length of the Iron Curtain, Finland to the Black Sea coast in Bulgaria, the story is in the book linked to above.
Puts on nit-picking hat.Just some musings of mine with a generous garnish of generalisations . . .
Professional competitive cycling aside,