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birmingham messenger interestingly, fixed gear bikes are especially popular among urban bike messengers.
fixed gear baby! ... I've been on touring rides where a few of riders had track bikes: they are tough going up hill and scary downhill.
A number of years ...
... thing now with the pedals on the curb. For utilitarian bikes kickstands are also back in favor.
Bykes? Why do I get the ... to the top tube.
Deux Fixies I think both the bikes are fixed gears. Note the lack of rim brakes or a reaction arm for a ...
... cookie sheet under it to catch the oil drips. Old British bikes had the endearing habit of leaving puddles of oil wherever they were ... a Commando and an Atlas, and the comment "Old British bikes had the endearing habit of leaving puddles of oil" reminds me of the old ...
... wishing we had one of those big bullet headlights on our bikes.
About This Photograph ... In Groups of Twos The two men leaning ... door. That would also possibly explain the cluster of bikes sitting outside.
I like the placement of the Shorpy watermark. In my ...
... to judge from the license and lack of one on the two bikes.
Catching Up Along with some relaxation and lunch, looks like ...
Been there Done that! My wife and I used to ride our bikes there and later drive that in the early 60s when we were dating. It was ...
... how pedaling energy and speed is affected. Most modern bikes now have a drive sprocket that is several times as big as the driven one. ... for trick riding). Modern "trials" and other trick bikes have the same kind of gearing.
About the saddle, which looks rather ...
... the shadow you can see that it is a skip-link. On modern bikes the teeth on the sprockets are right next to each other. But on this ... hole for the gear tooth, hinge (ASCII art: *-*-*-). On old bikes the pattern was hinge, hinge, hole for the gear tooth, hinge, hinge ...