Adults On Kid Bikes

[KillRamsey]

A great local brewery worked out a deal to use an un-used commercial space as a second location once a week for 8 weeks. Every wednesday they show up with tables, coolers, and kegs, and sell beer. Two food trucks show up, bands play, people give talks, etc. It's awesome. A good friend sets the whole thing up, and this week another good friend ran the talk / demo portion, setting up a "chaos box" in which adults try to all ride kid bikes together without putting a foot down. Then the guy demo'd a pennyfarthing, the "big wheel" bike style that predated the "safety" model we all ride now since the 1890s. I had my camera, and between me, his girlfriend, and him (he's no slouch behind a camera), we got some stuff. You can't see these and not smile.

Yours truly, rockin' the wheelie on a 16 inch kid bike (with Brooks saddle and upside down drop bars!):

Damn right I wheelied it by gordopuggy, on Flickr

Adults enjoying kid bikes...

KBRX7344 by gordopuggy, on Flickr

KBRX7346 by gordopuggy, on Flickr

KBRX7355 by gordopuggy, on Flickr

I was the only one small enough to actually sit this bike, a key advantage.

KBRX7367 by gordopuggy, on Flickr

The pennyfarthing:

KBRX7384 by gordopuggy, on Flickr

Panning at 1/30:

KBRX7396 by gordopuggy, on Flickr

And the crucial dismount (aka, "a great way to get hurt"):

KBRX7398 by gordopuggy, on Flickr