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Hasek 11-13-21 05:00 PM

What would you relate your bike/s to as far as motorized vehicles?
 
I was pondering the other day my small stable of bikes. For whatever reason it popped into my head that the Giant Rincon is like a Jeep Wrangler, the Surly LHT is like a Buick, and the Schwinn Peloton is like a Corvette.

Which motorized vehicle would you say your bike/s equate to?

Dan Flashes 11-13-21 05:11 PM

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...f05375317.jpeg

base2 11-13-21 05:20 PM

I have one bike that is named Bessie the Planet Express freighter on account of it's tubing is usually reserved for tandems, it's super long wheel base, the Rohloff planetary gear set. It now even has a black Quarq power meter. It's powered by dark matter!
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f1cb2180_o.jpg20200723_141115 by Richard Mozzarella, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/7838/3...3f482b19_o.jpgplanet_express_ship_ortho_by_unusualsuspex-d7gaoc6 by Richard Mozzarella, on Flickr

It wears 559x54 tubeless knobby Compass tires now for all gravel & tour/travel/camping duties.

Tubeless helps it to be 200% efficient.

JohnDThompson 11-13-21 05:33 PM

They don't. IMO, as paleontologist Stephan Jay Gould put it in an entirely different context, "non-overlapping magesteria."

GlennR 11-13-21 06:30 PM

My Emonda SLR handles like a Ferrari
https://www.glenn-ring.com/emonda/preserve.jpg

My SuperX handles like a Escalade
https://www.glenn-ring.com/emonda/SuperX_Bethpage.JPG

surveyor6 11-13-21 06:35 PM

I think my Higgins cruiser would most closely relate to my old Western flyer motorized cruiser.
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...8b83d8effd.jpg

wolfchild 11-13-21 07:11 PM


Originally Posted by Hasek (Post 22306283)

Which motorized vehicle would you say your bike/s equate to?

Two of my bikes would equate to a 4x4 pick up truck and my third bike would equate to a subaru

rsbob 11-13-21 09:27 PM

My bikes would be like a Pinto, Vega, Aztec and Yugo. No Ferraris. Can’t afford the upkeep.

70sSanO 11-13-21 10:57 PM

Since I don’t think any of my bikes has an original spec’d part, a 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT.

John

Troul 11-13-21 11:10 PM

Yugo with only reverse

Tony Marley 11-15-21 02:24 AM

My TiRush is like a Rolls Royce limo, and my Catrike is like a go-kart.

SapInMyBlood 11-15-21 04:13 AM

I would say my Specialized roubaix is akin to a Subaru. Racey but not limited to pavement. And it gets thrashed in all kinds of weather

My salsa Fargo on the other hand is more of a unimog

And my trek remedy rides like a trophy truck

flangehead 11-15-21 04:44 AM

My tandem is an oil tanker.

Kapusta 11-15-21 05:30 AM


Originally Posted by 70sSanO (Post 22306586)
Since I don’t think any of my bikes has an original spec’d part, a 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT.

John

Hell yeah.

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...e1055de49.jpeg

indyfabz 11-15-21 06:59 AM

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...6c54d90e2.jpeg
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...544f287df.jpeg
I saw that truck in person during a tour.

pdlamb 11-15-21 12:50 PM


Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 22307831)

If you're comparing the cargo capacity of the bike to that, er, truck? -- then you obviously pack too much when you tour.

:)

Eric F 11-15-21 01:01 PM

WWII Army Jeep
https://i.imgur.com/MuN3k0w.jpg

Porsche Carrera
https://i.imgur.com/hruTmne.jpg

Datsun 240Z
https://i.imgur.com/0QoSf4q.jpg

Hasek 11-15-21 06:18 PM


Originally Posted by Dan Flashes (Post 22306292)

The Homer was a sweet ride.


Originally Posted by 70sSanO (Post 22306586)
Since I don’t think any of my bikes has an original spec’d part, a 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT.
John

That also is a sweet ride!


Originally Posted by Troul (Post 22306593)
Yugo with only reverse

Learning something under the most adverse conditions makes one all that much better :)


Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 22307831)

My buddy's company makes carbon fiber friction discs for a variety of things. Their main focus is mining equipment. He sends me pics every now and again of some pretty jaw dropping equipment like that truck. Musta been pretty cool to check out.

Hasek 11-15-21 06:20 PM


Originally Posted by Eric F (Post 22308310)
WWII Army Jeep


Porsche Carrera


Datsun 240Z
https://i.imgur.com/0QoSf4q.jpg

Man, I'm digging that Nishiki.

Eric F 11-15-21 06:28 PM


Originally Posted by Hasek (Post 22308779)
Man, I'm digging that Nishiki.

Thanks. It hasn't been getting as much riding time as it deserves.

Sy Reene 11-15-21 07:05 PM

'fess up, who has this equivalent?
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...5a2f9368b7.jpg

tyrion 11-15-21 07:16 PM

My bike is the Cadillac of minivans. With off road tires.

indyfabz 11-15-21 08:03 PM


Originally Posted by Hasek (Post 22308775)
My buddy's company makes carbon fiber friction discs for a variety of things. Their main focus is mining equipment. He sends me pics every now and again of some pretty jaw dropping equipment like that truck. Musta been pretty cool to check out.

The truck is the largest one ever built and was used in the coal mining industry in Canada. It was retired a long time ago and has been on display in Sparwood, B.C. IIRC, the informational plaque claimed it is the most photographed truck in the world.

My traveling is 5' tall, to give you a sense of scale.


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...e97510f28.jpeg
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...77d595394.jpeg
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...84f02d2e9.jpeg

indyfabz 11-15-21 08:04 PM


Originally Posted by tyrion (Post 22308847)
My bike is the Cadillac of minivans. With off road tires.

Is that you, Chili Palmer?

tyrion 11-15-21 08:34 PM


Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 22308895)
Is that you, Chili Palmer?



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