Really cool
Bicycle on the road today
Most of the
time, nothing surprises me. Yesterday, while test riding my new bicycle around town, a high-rise bicycle passed me by. And, I
thought, WTF? Did I just pass through a time portal?
Nobody generally rides these things anymore because they aren't
practical. But, this passed me and was going good time.
I
pulled up beside him at a red light, and asked him, “How long have
you had this thing? It's really cool.”
“Oh,
two years.”
Keep
in mind that he had to dismount his bike every time he stopped at a
light. But, he certainly got a lot of stares, and he was making some
nice speeds on the thing. I
liked this older man's style. He was keeping it old school...old-old
school.
Now, the bike goes by the
name penny-farthing. And, yes, I thought it was first called
Penny-Farting. You know, for a guy that farts pennies. The bike
also goes by the name High Wheeler. These Penny-farthing (farting)
were the first bicycles. While riding around on a old bike might be
considered a hipster move, this guy was an old dude, so that makes it
perfectly okay. (It was a fixed gear bike)
The name comes from the terms penny and the British coin Farthing.
If you put a regular penny besides a Farthing coin, the penny is much
larger and looks like the high wheeler bike.
When I saw that picture, I thought, Wow, that's pretty cool.
Failed...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAcgERS6SQk
Okay, that made me laugh to the point that I starting coughing. Very good.
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