Comments on: Cycling Tricks Were All The Rage In 1899

By: eire

eire — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:34:56 +0000

haha edison is a damn legend!

By: Major Taylor

Major Taylor — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:16:04 +0000

WOW! Great post yall…very good information

By: amsterdamize

amsterdamize — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:49:19 +0000

Valid question: of course Edison shot this, but somebody else made a compilation by recording the projection, a very cute sound ;)

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:36:34 +0000

Aaahhh, what can be accomplished when there is no television or internet! : P

By: alraeburn

alraeburn — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:19:32 +0000

Be careful what you say about fixie riders.....:-))
Why is the riding position uncomfortable? Mr Freight could even be a fixie, but you'd have to pedal all the time! Not really a lot of fun in busy traffic though.

Quoting medical opinion can be iffy, sometimes it's says helmets are a good idea...
NOT my opinion, and said tongue firmly in cheek!

Frames were big on all bikes back then, just look at the size of the racing bikes, they look almost impossible to ride, especially when you realise how short a lot of riders were.

After years of small framed MTBs, larger framed bikes are making a bit of a comeback in the UK, on fixies and more prosaic working bikes.

Nice and warm here in Madrid, and I saw a bike within an hour of arriving:-8

By: acline

acline — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:12:34 +0000

Funny! Things haven't changed much. Question: Where did the projector noise sound track come from ? :-)

By: amsterdamize

amsterdamize — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:47:05 +0000

excellent :)

By: amsterdamize

amsterdamize — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:46:44 +0000

I'm also a big fan, Matty, both aspects. Yeah, we all started off the same way, absolutely smitten by the bicycle. Oh, did many of us stray :).

I like the basic nature of the fixie, just not the riding position, very uncomfortable to a Dutchie like me and even the medical community agrees :).

By: amsterdamize

amsterdamize — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:42:30 +0000

Enter time machine: “So what about color matched rims, top tube pads and chains?”

“Say what?”

By: amsterdamize

amsterdamize — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:40:50 +0000

You're right, John and for all the same considerations I think it proofs the bicycle (diamond-shaped frame) as an invention is absolutely brilliant and timeless and in essence can't be improved on.

Protection, Blahstection, we HAVE wandered of the path of critical thinking, true, so silly :)