Comments on: Rube Goldberg, Your Bike is Here

By: Unknown

Unknown — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 21:29:01 +0000

Holy smokes! Birdman’s comment reminded me that I’ve actually seen the bike at the Tourmalet as well. Here’s my picture of it.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 23:00:52 +0000

I saw one of these Retro (in more senses than one) bikes in the cafe at the top of the Col du Tourmalet a couple of years ago, and took a picture of it. I never could figure out how the damn thing worked, though.The mind boggles at the thought of pedalling backwards up the Tourmalet.

By: tayfuryagci

tayfuryagci — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:29:47 +0000

I’ve seen this bike on a site before so I didn’t have a conclusion. I just can’t get used to the pedalling backwards thing. And I don’t know would coasting be a little hard with it?

By: BIg Mike In Oz

BIg Mike In Oz — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:44:02 +0000

brooklyn – that was some tangent you just dived off at.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:24:11 +0000

The Electric Brae? Wasn’t that a Bay City Rollers song? The saddle is basically the same design as the Brooks B-33, which they characterize as a city/touring saddle. It would be interesting to ping Sheldon Brown or the Rivendell guys (big time Olde Skoolers) to find out if they have tried one of these and if they have an opinion.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 06:47:07 +0000

The whole package fascinates me, particularly the saddle.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 03:51:00 +0000

Heine would be a challenging name to be strapped with during junior high.

By: Glen

Glen — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 02:34:56 +0000

You could still have your wish Fatty (of sorts). On the west coast of Scotland about 30 miles from Ayr there’s a natural phenom called "the electric brae". Basically it’s a hill that you can roll up and have to pedal down. I’ve never actually ridden it but as a kid my Dad used to take us out to "roll a ball up a hill" etc. Apparently its actually an optical illusion created by the surrounding lanscape – very cool.

By: Big Guy on a Bicycle

Big Guy on a Bicycle — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 01:33:36 +0000

OK, that is almost as weird as the Alenax Transbar Powerdrive bike. As an engineer I understand how it works, but somehow kinda wish I didn’t.Of course, the Alenax was actually in factory production, and is thus unworthy of the praise heaped upon the Hirondelle.

By: Tom Stormcrowe

Tom Stormcrowe — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:32:59 +0000

Bizzare! All I can say, BIZZARE!