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lmao thats hilarious. You would have to wash your bike with "cuddly washing liquid" haha. Forget rust, i'd be more worried about moths attacking the frame lol[/quote] more like a hippy making love to it
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        "Square wheel seems like a contradiction in terms, but this bicycle rides more smoothly than you might think. The secret is the shape of the road over which the wheels roll. The wheels can keep the bike moving in a straight line and at a constant velocity as long as it’s traveling over evenly spaced bumps of just the right shape, called an ‘inverted catenary’."
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That square bike looks like someones gone a little bit too quick into a brick wall 4 times and then did the same thing 4 times backwards lol. The frame does look shiny though
GOALS FOR THIS YEAR
1. Save up for a JC70 Recumbent Trike 3. Rack up a lot of KM Training 2. Attend 250km Bupa 2013
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...whatever the road rules, self-preservation is the absolute priority for a cyclist when mixing it with motorised traffic.
London Boy 29/12/2011
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Not sure why, but this bike frame evokes strange thoughts   . Encourages one to mount and ride  Riding bikes in traffic - what seems dangerous is usually safe; what seems safe is often more dangerous.
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He'll be skinless now !
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Now that you mention it, the same thoughts are evoked by this one I was going to buy a fast, stylish bike, but I looked in the mirror & thought "you're not fooling anyone, you know"
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Ugly, yes. But admit it - you'd totally have a go if they offered it... Maybe not turn up to the club ride in one though! Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2 2011 Orbea Onix | Giant Defy Commuter | Giant XTC 29er
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I'd have a go.Especially want to find out what happens under seriously heavy braking  ...whatever the road rules, self-preservation is the absolute priority for a cyclist when mixing it with motorised traffic.
London Boy 29/12/2011
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Except for the saddle angle  When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments- Elizabeth West.
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whats with the dolphin torch/dustbuster drink bottle? the name of the game is to overtake a more expensive bike than yours.
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Wouldn't be just like any other fixie? You just hop it sideways and skid.
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Aerodynamics, it's nice and slim to hide behind the downtube. Allegedly. ...whatever the road rules, self-preservation is the absolute priority for a cyclist when mixing it with motorised traffic.
London Boy 29/12/2011
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lmao looks like they used a disposable foot plate for the front wheel. I love the steering wheel too.
GOALS FOR THIS YEAR
1. Save up for a JC70 Recumbent Trike 3. Rack up a lot of KM Training 2. Attend 250km Bupa 2013
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I was given Cyclepedia: a tour of iconic bicycle designs for my birthday and it is a cornucopia of ugly bikes. Quite a few have already featured on these pages, a softride, slingshot, cannondale prototype lefty, biomega MN01, a couple of seat post less bikes from the 90s, 70s and 80s funny bikes, plastic whilhelmina, Skoot, .
With an emphasis on "design" rather than function there are a whole host of folding bikes, every last one of them ugly. Not sure about the Cycles Hirondelle retro direct, maybe it is more bizarre than ugly & the pedals falliong off is definetely a downside   In case you are struggling to figure out the gearing - pedal forwards, high gear, pedal backwards, low gear I was going to buy a fast, stylish bike, but I looked in the mirror & thought "you're not fooling anyone, you know"
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Most assuredly ugly though is the Diamant Ironman SLX, presented for your viewing pleasure
 I was going to buy a fast, stylish bike, but I looked in the mirror & thought "you're not fooling anyone, you know"
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And that is understatement. ...whatever the road rules, self-preservation is the absolute priority for a cyclist when mixing it with motorised traffic.
London Boy 29/12/2011
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I've always found single shocks oddly disturbing. Maybe it's more of a mental thing...
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I thought it might have been a new fangled way of taking care of certain types of 'rest breaks'. Trek Madone 4.5, Giant TCR Advanced SL3 ISP Di2 (the green machine)
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