therealbicyclebuck
TheRealBicycleBuck
therealbicyclebuck

Where are the circles and arrows on your 8x10 color glossy photo?

“It’s very nice to have that just-right gear for every situation that comes up.”

It isn’t about the total range, it’s about fine-tuning the cadence with a large number of gears. It’s also much easier to swap a cassette with a different range than it is to swap out the gears in an internally geared hub.

“It takes 51 days to digest trans fat.”

I have taken to leaving my old truck unlocked. A couple of months ago, someone stole the tv that one of my neighbors had mounted in his back porch. The pliers used to do the deed were found sitting on the passenger seat of my truck. The perpetrator rifled through my glovebox, realized there was nothing of value in

Landing lights reflected within the camera lens.

You are welcome.

Kenny Roberts approves.

I really liked riding recumbents, especially the long wheel base varieties. Many of them put you at the same height as the drivers in the cars around you.

In The form post where I grabbed the image, the owner talks about buying a second seat to keep mounted to the tailbox since it was easier to remove both than just the tailbox alone.

There are plenty of velomobile manufacturers out there. But you don’t need a full shell to get the benefit of better aerodynamics. Switch to a recumbent bike to reduce the frontal area, then add a windscreen and a tail box.

So, you still can’t bother to tell people why everything is red? I already wrote it out for you!

Thwap-thwap-thwap-thwap-thwap-thwap-thwap-thwap-thwap-thwap-thwap-thwap-thwap-thwap-thwap-thwap-thwap-thwap-thwap-thwap-thwap like a playing card in bicycle spokes.

Oklahoma quit inspecting vehicles a couple of years ago. I suppose it would be legal there too.

There’s no telling. I’m just that kind of guy, I guess.

Perhaps not where you live, but I’ve similar levels of insanity on the roads in Louisiana.

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Here’s what happens when you are going over 200mph:

I see I’m back in the grays....

As the previous owner of an ‘83 Yamaha Seca 650 Turbo, I disagree. Yes, the lag was there, but I saw it as an advantage. Below 3,000 rpm, the bike was gentle and predictable. Once the turbo kicked in (yo!), the character of the bike changed and it gave a thrilling run to the redline. That bike is one of the few things