Imlach's Sweaty Hippie Funk Collection, adventure bikes, rusty rats, cruisers and other alt bastardisations of bicyclery

[novocaine]

One of the guys made a swing bike, and he did it without welding!!View attachment 726376View attachment 726375

I think someone should make a trail swing bike...

Kirsch Special - Swing Bike Project (no welds so far)

I don't know how, but somehow I got drawn into a SwingBike wormhole last night, that reached it's culminating point through various tube videos at this thread here: https://ratrodbikes.com/threads/swing-bike-gallery.31549/ It itched me that hard to build one of these that I went scoring the...

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could at least have put a stem to the seat post to strengthen the join there.

 

[Suprachrgd82]

never seen the appeal of or fixed gear or single speed

Neither did I until I saw this. Look at at that frameset and components on this one…

I ‘spose the bike is ok too.

 

[novocaine]

Neither did I until I saw this. Look at at that frameset and components on this one…

I ‘spose the bike is ok too.

Mentioned Viola in the wrenchers yesterday. She's awesome. Screw you modern slack geo.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

One of the guys made a swing bike, and he did it without welding!!View attachment 726376View attachment 726375

I think someone should make a trail swing bike...

Kirsch Special - Swing Bike Project (no welds so far)

I don't know how, but somehow I got drawn into a SwingBike wormhole last night, that reached it's culminating point through various tube videos at this thread here: https://ratrodbikes.com/threads/swing-bike-gallery.31549/ It itched me that hard to build one of these that I went scoring the...

ratrodbikes.com

Wow, a whole new level of awful

 

[madjh]

Tall bike ... not a big movement as the SS was. But adds colour to the bicycle world.

 

[KermitGKona88]

Cyclist from Tarvastu, Estonia, on a self-made wooden bicycle, 1912.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Cyclist from Tarvastu, Estonia, on a self-made wooden bicycle, 1912.

Canadian version A wooden bicycle from 1898, built by James Henry Blair when he was a teen on his parents' farm. A local newspaper called Blair 'a country lad with brains' who attracted attention by riding his bike along Bank and Sparks streets. It's now on display at Ottawa's Billings Estate National Historic Site.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Sweaty? I don't know, but it's my baby, and I'm putting pictures up everywhere

 

[moonlite]

Not sure where I found this but . . . argh . . .

 

[novocaine]

Not sure where I found this but . . . argh . . .

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That's a konaggggggggh.