F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 31, 2020 Share #1 Posted August 31, 2020 ....does one ride something like that? Somewhere in the dim recesses of their brain, doesn’t something go “This is awkward and uncomfortable and doesn’t work worth a shit.... I wonder if there’s anything I can do about it....?” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted August 31, 2020 Share #2 Posted August 31, 2020 I never understood this either 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted August 31, 2020 Share #3 Posted August 31, 2020 Did you see them actually riding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted August 31, 2020 1 minute ago, bikeman564™ said: I never understood this either That puts them in a more upright position, and they can at least grab the brakes with their thumbs. Stupid, but there is at least some logic involved. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted August 31, 2020 3 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Did you see them actually riding? Fair point, but it wasn't in the rack this morning. But then, someone who hasn't enough smarts to ask the question "is this right?" may be dumb enough to have a bike they push everywhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted August 31, 2020 Share #6 Posted August 31, 2020 Assembled by a big box store like Walmart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted August 31, 2020 Share #7 Posted August 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: Fair point, but it wasn't in the rack this morning. But then, someone who hasn't enough smarts to ask the question "is this right?" may be dumb enough to have a bike they push everywhere. Did you test them to see if they spun easily? Someone could be effing with that person! Or, maybe they're a fan of slow speed riding. Under 5mph, who needs brakes when you have two feet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share #8 Posted August 31, 2020 1 minute ago, Razors Edge said: Someone could be effing with that person! I'm thinking the apathetic clown at walmart who assembled it. I've seen this before, but never one in the wild. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Razors Edge ★ Posted August 31, 2020 Share #12 Posted August 31, 2020 4 minutes ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: I'm thinking the apathetic clown at walmart who assembled it. I've seen this before, but never one in the wild. Do you think @Dirtyhip is aware of this???? She needs to consider dumping her S-Works and get serious about hanging with the Girls! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share #13 Posted August 31, 2020 10 minutes ago, JerrySTL said: Assembled by a big box store like Walmart. I saw one on a display for some crappy beer contest in Wegman's that had the handlebars on like that and the fork backwards. I would have loved to have won it, just so I could tell them I didn't want it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share #14 Posted August 31, 2020 24 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Do you think @Dirtyhip is aware of this???? She needs to consider dumping her S-Works and get serious about hanging with the Girls! Sssshhh. It's my secret weapon. I gonna use it to crush all her Strava segments under an assumed name (and gender) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted August 31, 2020 Share #15 Posted August 31, 2020 I can understand the rotated drop bar - I don't do well for long periods bent over and my next bike will be a hybrid or mountain bike with a straight bar. But the straight bar with the handles tilting forward and the brake levers up in the air makes no sense to me - there are too many times I need my thumb on the brakes ASAP, either because I or someone else did something stupid, to ride such a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted August 31, 2020 Share #16 Posted August 31, 2020 1 hour ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: I saw one on a display for some crappy beer contest in Wegman's that had the handlebars on like that and the fork backwards. I would have loved to have won it, just so I could tell them I didn't want it. You should start keeping a multitool in your back pocket, so when you see these things "in the wild", you can just do a quick fix and bring the universe back into alignment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share #17 Posted August 31, 2020 49 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: You should start keeping a phone in your back pocket, so when you see these things "in the wild", you can take pictures and post them on the forum. FTFY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted August 31, 2020 Share #18 Posted August 31, 2020 3 hours ago, bikeman564™ said: I never understood this either This was a thing in the 1970’s. All the cool kids turned their bars up on their Schwinn Varsity’s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share #19 Posted August 31, 2020 7 minutes ago, ChrisL said: All the cool kids turned their bars up on their Schwinn Varsity’s. I didn't do this....and couldn't afford a Schwing Varsity. I wasn't a cool kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted August 31, 2020 Share #20 Posted August 31, 2020 1 minute ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: I didn't do this....and couldn't afford a Schwing Varsity. I wasn't a cool kid. My Dad bought me a used Varsity in 1983 IIRC. Blue. He stripped it, painted it red, and fixed it up for me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share #21 Posted August 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, bikeman564™ said: My Dad bought me a used Varsity in 1983 IIRC. Blue. He stripped it, painted it red, and fixed it up for me Closest I had was a Columbia I stole out of my neighbor's barn. (They never used it, so I preferred to think of it as "liberating it"). I stripped it and repainted it with a cool yellow/orange/red fade paint job - way before that was a thing. Every bike I ever had until I was 19 was a hand-me-down or built from scrounged parts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted August 31, 2020 Share #22 Posted August 31, 2020 4 hours ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: Fair point, but it wasn't in the rack this morning. But then, someone who hasn't enough smarts to ask the question "is this right?" may be dumb enough to have a bike they push everywhere. There was a guy that worked out by the interstate (Burger King, motel, or gas station) I would always see him pushing his bike. It was a stuffmart mountain bike so it should have had gears. There are gentle rolling hills but nothing that should have you walking on. I’ve seen him pushing his bike around in town too. I think some people just like to push their bikes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share #23 Posted August 31, 2020 1 minute ago, Longjohn said: I’ve seen him pushing his bike around in town too. I think some people just like to push their bikes. You might be right. It always makes me shake my head to see people pushing bikes - usually mountain bikes, besides - up over the Thruway overpass. It'd be be less work to ride the damned thing! Hell, even the BMX kids ride over it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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