Having been a 'bent rider for almost 20 years, and visited many roadshows etc I have ridden most things - however the weirdest of all must be one I have never seen in the flesh, but intrigues me....
What's the strangest bike you've ridden?
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Having been a 'bent rider for almost 20 years, and visited many roadshows etc I have ridden most things - however the weirdest of all must be one I have never seen in the flesh, but intrigues me....
Soltydog
Legendary Member
- Location
- near Hornsea
Yesterday, I thought you were trying to set a record for the most types of 'strange' bikes ridden in one day
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
(That's the vomit comet - not Arch on it)
Then there's always the Wobblebike:
I've done both of those - with the bottom one being my favourite - but any photo I've had taken on it - it always looks like a normal bike... I absolutely hate the reverse steering bike ...
Here is a small history of some of my attempts:
- Location
- The TerrorVortex
I actually rather like the Wobblebike, particularly the way you can park it in a sort-of heap. My Daewoo Shuttle (the shame, the shame...) can be set up as a velocino. Just turn the handlebars and stem through 180 degrees.
A guy in our local CTC used to ride one of these, and keep up nicely.
If he'd had a road bike, we'd have had to kill him!!
A guy in our local CTC used to ride one of these, and keep up nicely.
If he'd had a road bike, we'd have had to kill him!!
BenScoobert
Senior Member
- Location
- Halifax
Likewise for me, I had to work yesterday when they did the Leeds to Manchester section, on Monday it goes Manchester to stoke, but I just can't be arsed getting back from Stoke afterwards.
These 2 pics were Saturday Morning (Yesterday) outside Leeds Railway station. I didn't plan on seeing it but as I left the station to get a taxi it happened to be there just to rub salt in my jealousy wound.
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
Company of Cyclists used to have a micro bike tandem. Tom and I took it to Cyclefest at Lancaster, and rode it in the Morecambe prom sprint races, against Pete Eland's recumbent trike tandem (PELT, or Pete's Extremely Long Tandem).
As I remember it, we lined up on the line level with the front of the trike, and then pedalled madly, getting up to oh, 2 or 3 mph, and the tandem cruised past us, for what felt like about half an hour before the back end was past...
As I remember it, we lined up on the line level with the front of the trike, and then pedalled madly, getting up to oh, 2 or 3 mph, and the tandem cruised past us, for what felt like about half an hour before the back end was past...
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
Excellent!
Although I'm sure I remember PELT being about 4 times longer than that...
Although I'm sure I remember PELT being about 4 times longer than that...
Amanda P
Legendary Member
- Location
- York. Well, York-ish...
I've ridden Wobbly John's wobblebike, and liked it. I think it's probably the weirdest.
The conference bike is weird, but in an entirely different sort of way. And it's been a slightly different sort of weird each day with a different set of riders.
I'm only posting as an excuse to link to this video, which shows just how much fun we had.
The conference bike is weird, but in an entirely different sort of way. And it's been a slightly different sort of weird each day with a different set of riders.
I'm only posting as an excuse to link to this video, which shows just how much fun we had.
Hilldodger
Guru
- Location
- sunny Leicester
It is narrower that the Peter Ross "Rolling Roadblock"
THe "Gem" sociable recumbent trike later marketed as the 2Can
Peter ross brought his three prototypes to Spokesfest 2000. All three has snapped at welds within a few hours
