No You Tube videos. No electricity at all except for the very rich. If you wondered if something would work, you had to try it. That had its advantages.Does it seem like people were far more resourceful 100 years ago?!
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I don't see any damage to the bike, seems impossible. Hope the rider isn't laying in the road some where behind.
Gotta be photo shop or staged.
Yep, pretty much staged. But still eye catching.
The rear tire is flat and looks like the wheel was shoved ahead enough to make the chain loose!
It was mostly dirt roads coast to coast. Bath water heated on a wood or coal stove in an occasional inn and carry your own gear under 10 to 20 mph was the normal travel until trains. Resourceful equaled alive for travel, I think.Does it seem like people were far more resourceful 100 years ago?!
I remember a photo of the time an ebike's weight on a rear door mounted bike rack ripping the door off a van on a RR crossing or such that was photoshopped. What was the situation staged above ... looks like a protection system?
Very interesting... does he want to increase his comfort or speed?
The winter's coming. I think the air drag makes this idea impractical for a 250 W e-bike but he needs to test it. The cold strong winds are indeed very unpleasant...
When I was a sophomore in college, my roommate's dad bought one of those. I got to ride around in it a bit.Saw this beauty on my 28 mile loop ride yesterday;
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This Thunderbird has California classic car plates that identify it as a '56. Obviously a convertible but I believe this was also available with the removable 'port hole' hard top. The best part is the fasterest red color!
The haze you can see off in the distance is wildfire smoke...
I knew a guy who owned a Porsche. One time he drove it at a very high speed on an untraveled highway at night, until he saw a cop was following him. He sped up until the cop vanished in his rear view mirror. After a while, he slowed down and stopped. The cop, when he caught up, asked him why he had stopped. "Because," he said, "I knew trying to catch me in your patrol car would be dangerous for you, and I didn't want you to get hurt." Don't remember whether he got a ticket.
Great story... the funny thing that this never seemed to work for me with the local authorities!
That was a joke of Jacek
He got the old windshield from his younger brother, placed it on the handlebars and pictured that practical joke. After that we both started thinking the windshield should be at least tested in use. Jacek's thinking how to secure the screen in a really solid way. If that could be ridden, I would be very positive to use it in the Winter.
