unusual bike designs

[dawp]

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/09/14/cyclepedia-michael-embacher-bicycle-design/

has gotten me interested in taking a look at this book.

 

[DesiPower]

Which one do you like most?
Nothing that i have not seen before. Nice to see a collection though...

 

[dawp]

kind of like the Solling Pedersen, the one that has the seat suspended on a cord.

 

[luv2liv]

i bet you my bike is there

 

[xaeniac]

i bet you my bike is there

Wierd bike; Bet you it was expensive.

 

[calvinbiss]

i bet you my bike is there

Funny that you would buy that bike but not even ride clipless.
Strange geometry.

 

[jsedlak]

I bet my bike is NOT in that book.

 

[calvinbiss]

I bet my bike is NOT in that book.

Now that's a quality ($11,000) road bike!

 

[D1gger]

I bet my bike isn't in there either.

Before assembly (I actually built the wheels before this picture was taken):

After assembly:

 

[Meghan54]

i bet you my bike is there

Ahhh.....the venerable Trek Y-bike, one of Trek's earlier forays into carbon framed bikes. At the same time, Trek released the Y-foil, a very similar frame in a road bike geometry....actually was sold as a time trial bike.

At least Trek had solved most of the problems with carbon by the time they released that frame.....their first gen. carbon frames, straight "gauge" carbon tubes lugged with aluminum lugs which corroded at the lugs and bottom bracket, and the carbon tubes tended to delaminate quite a bit, were not so good.

 

[alien42]

my favorite customs...

 

[FleshLight]