Original Vintage Bicycle Haikus
07-31-20, 10:57 AM
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Original Vintage Bicycle Haikus
This a new thread to post your original Vintage Bike Haikus (5-7-5). I will start it off with:
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Wrench turns in the night
break-fix hammer twist pull grease
gleaming riding fun!
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Wrench turns in the night
break-fix hammer twist pull grease
gleaming riding fun!
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07-31-20, 11:09 AM
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Shifting is fun!
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Oh dear, old bike,
effin' seat post is stuck
sound of hammer.
effin' seat post is stuck
sound of hammer.
07-31-20, 11:18 AM
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a beautiful day
bee flies into helmet vent
ouch ouch ouch stop ouch
bee flies into helmet vent
ouch ouch ouch stop ouch
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07-31-20, 11:19 AM
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Cool idea for a change of topics! I look forward to seeing more. Maybe my own mind will start working eventually.
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07-31-20, 11:29 AM
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buy a bike for ten
put twenty more into it
flip it for ninety
put twenty more into it
flip it for ninety
07-31-20, 11:31 AM
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lotus flower chrome
blue as blue-est ocean depths
always further roam
blue as blue-est ocean depths
always further roam
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07-31-20, 11:34 AM
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07-31-20, 11:52 AM
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Shifting is fun!
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Not happening.
buy bike for hundred
make nice with "free" parts from bin
flip it for ninety
buy bike for hundred
make nice with "free" parts from bin
flip it for ninety
07-31-20, 12:10 PM
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rode three hours a day
down to three hours every week
covid really sucks
down to three hours every week
covid really sucks
07-31-20, 01:21 PM
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I looked forever
Period correct too much
I'm broke and happy
Period correct too much
I'm broke and happy
07-31-20, 01:21 PM
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07-31-20, 01:41 PM
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Swift on still-warm dirt
Silk and dynamo whisper
Beneath comet's gaze
Silk and dynamo whisper
Beneath comet's gaze
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07-31-20, 01:47 PM
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Familiar hiss
Fate's coarse rasp shreds all pleasure
Without spare again.
Fate's coarse rasp shreds all pleasure
Without spare again.
07-31-20, 02:26 PM
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The cracked pulley wheels
The crank spider stress risers
Campy quality?
The crank spider stress risers
Campy quality?
07-31-20, 02:34 PM
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On my Mercian
Unridden since last July
I'm in love again
Unridden since last July
I'm in love again
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1987 Mercian Pro, 1985 Shogun 500, 197? Falcon San Remo, 1972 Peugeot PX-10, 1972 Schwinn Paramount P13-9, 1971 Peugeot PX-10, 1971 Raleigh International, 1970 Raleigh Professional Mark I
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07-31-20, 02:47 PM
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07-31-20, 07:00 PM
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Stress be my companion again
never changing situation at this timed crossroad
i will go ride now
never changing situation at this timed crossroad
i will go ride now
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07-31-20, 10:09 PM
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Turn to the left tight
turn to the right to loosen
wish that it was true
turn to the right to loosen
wish that it was true
07-31-20, 10:50 PM
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Choose this for beauty,
That for speed, each fine detail
Says this one is mine.
That for speed, each fine detail
Says this one is mine.
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Syllables, not words. So close.
Thanks for the funny.
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