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Old 02-05-20, 10:19 PM
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jackbombay
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You guys have some cool bikes!

I've got a couple that are unconventional.

First is my plain old tall bike, not all that tall, but certainly not normal, it actually has an %805 gear range on it, 54/11 is the high gear and 24/36 is the lowest gear, I take this bike on pretty real bike rides (note the drop bar add ons) and its been over 50 MPH more times than I can remember,





Here it is at the top of the Onion valley climb, 5200' of climbing in 12 miles, toughest legal road climb in the 48 states, super windy that day, 30+ MPH headwind on the way up, tailwind on the way down, made my brakes feel very ineffective, I'm slowly piecing together a disc brake upgrade for it, should have it ready for this summer.



And this bike is much more "art bike", the upper wheels spin backwards when you ride forwards, the front upper wheel speed is based on ground speed and the rear upper is based on chain speed. It has a 3 speed hub from 1964 in the back and some Raleigh cottered cranks from 1961, the rear upper wheel drive is not set up in this pic, but you get the idea.

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