Bojo's new bike

[winjim]

Me neither, I also can't grasp how the two pairs of cranks are connected to the mid-mounted cassette.

Two chains couldn't run on one cassette, and does it mean the rider at the front can pedal a different gear?

I guess they've either bodged a hub or fabricated one with a freehub under the cassette and a chainring where normally the rest of the wheel would go.

 

[Ajax Bay]

The #1 (seated) can pedal, or not, because there's the freehub/cassette as the interface, mounted on fabricated 'dropouts' (shame on you for suggesting an artisan frame builder would 'bodge' anything @winjim ), providing whatever power they wish, at their own cadence, into the drivetrain. The #2 (saddled) rides as normal with a bit (or a lot) of bonus power.

 

[Ajax Bay]

Surprised one of the usual suspects haven't come on here saying that this present has not been recorded in the appropriate 'gift from HOS' book and the mystery foreign donor is expecting favouritism from our Prime Minister, in return.

 

[Rocky]

It seems to me that this present has not been recorded in the appropriate 'gift from HOS' book and the mystery foreign donor is expecting favouritism from our Prime Minister, in return.


(Sorry Ajax, couldn't resist it)

 

[Ajax Bay]

You, of all people? I'm so disappointed.

 

[Drago]

I wonder if US elf and safety would have anything to say about that beard and it's close proximity to a naked flame?

I suspect that anyone objecting will end up in an unmarked grave on the back woods.

 

[HMS_Dave]

It's something I'd expect to see Bruce Springsteen ride on a tour of the UK. Typically American. Just surprised it doesn't come with a pair of cruise missiles attached to it....

 

[tyred]

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Have they geared it for uprooting trees?

 

[roley poley]

they only paid $1500 for it ..a third of the minimum price the firm charges and a helmet included in a deal made super quick too...a good loss leader for the publicity the firm is getting for a nice bike ...hope he puts it to good use

 

[Seevio]

I wonder if US elf and safety would have anything to say about that beard and it's close proximity to a naked flame?

It's not really a problem until suddenly it is. Very shortly after that, it would no longer be a problem again.

 

[Drago]

Depleted uranium frame, reactive armour, laser rangefinder...if hpTony Blair had been bought one he'd be riding it into someone else oil rich country...

 

[craigwend]

All the details you didn't need...

https://www.bilenky.com/us-uk-friendship-bike

 

[cougie uk]

Pics have been released of the bike given to Boris Johnson by Joe Biden at the G7 summit.

Joe hasn't gone mad on the budget, about £1,000.

Looks to be a steel roadster/cruiser.

One by gearing with an enormous range rear cassette.

Traditional in other respects, horizontal top tube, and I'm surprised it hasn't got disc brakes.

No bosses by the look of it - apart from two pairs for bottle cages - so Boris will be on here later looking for advice on how to fit mudguards and a carrier.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57453840

I think it's got wireless gears ? It's going to be a bit pricier than it looks.

 

[ColinJ]

It would be really ironic if all of it turned out to be made in China!

Ah...

One of the challenges of the State Department request was that the bike have as many U.S.-made components as possible.

The rims came from Velocity USA in Michigan. The hubs, cranks, and headset are from White Industries in California. Sram, in Chicago, supplied the derailleurs and gear shift levers. The saddle came from Selle Anatomica, also in California.

 

[Dan77]

Looks like absolute tat to me. I'm sure it's better than it looks though.

Hope he shins himself with the pedals.