KillRamsey
Hall of Famer
- Location
- Hood River, OR
- Name
- Kyle
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
Yours truly, rockin' the wheelie on a 16 inch kid bike (with Brooks saddle and upside down drop bars!):
Adults enjoying kid bikes...
I was the only one small enough to actually sit this bike, a key advantage.
The pennyfarthing:
Panning at 1/30:
And the crucial dismount (aka, "a great way to get hurt"):
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