On Mar 5, 2005, at 1:40 PM, frank theriault wrote:
The people I work with are pretty cycle-crazy (mostly mountain bikers).
One guy has been known to ride his penny farthing into work!
I'd love to try one of those one day - that and a unicycle (those are supposed to be hard to learn)
I've seen video footage of some crazy nutcase who does mountain biking on a unicycle. I'd actually like to have a go on one but I don't see myself succeeding in any small amount of time. I certainly can't balance on my bike at the lights yet.
Oh and the penny farthing enthusiasts here have a yearly event where they ride up a road on one of our hills. The winner is whoever goes the furthest before dropping. It's quite impressive how well they do considering the lack of gears.
- Dave (yes I bike to work too but haven't been up the hill for a while)
That's why they have gears! <g>
Yeah I know ;) I'm lucky to live in a city that's totally flat, but with hills at one end. Great for the daily commute with the opportunity for real exercise during the weekend (or summer evenings). Maybe I'll go out tomorrow if the weather is good.
BTW, just looking at my post that you quoted, I may have been a bit misleading when I said that track bikes like mine are used on the Olympic velodrome. Nowadays, anyone of Olympic calibre is using carbon fibre frames, not steel or aluminium.
Yes, that's right. I remember seeing a news item at Olympics-time that was all about Sarah Ulmer's fancy new custom bike. I bet she'd still beat me riding a steel 10-speed with a rusty chain and dodgy bearings.
Cheers,
- Dave
http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
