In the words of the comic store guy from The Simpsons, "Sketchiest Bike Ever." We had one of those used at a shop I worked at and it was ugly as sin with horrible brazing. It was one of models where the paint would flake off if you looked at it wrong. Anyway, I used to love getting lunch on it because it was so twitchy it was great in U-district (Seattle) traffic. I never rode it faster than 20mph or farther than a couple of miles. One weekend I took it for a ride, a real ride with lots of Seattle hills. All I can say is above 20mph and if you're going straight it's wilder than an untrained buck. Don't even think about leaning into a corner. With all that said I'd still like to have one just for show. enjoy Brandon"monkeyman"Ives "Nobody can do everything, but if everybody did something everything would get done." Gil Scott-Heron
On Tue, 20 Mar 2001 M4Campy@aol.com wrote:
> Hey all-
>
> Just got a copy of RR22 and besides the usual assortment
> of excellent articles, interviews, and stories there was a nice piece on the Rigi bicycle and some neat pics.
>
> I wrote Grant to see if he can make the pics available;)
>
> Pretty funky looking seat-cluster and BB shell to handle
> the split seat tube!
>
> The article explains the history and design of the Rigi,
> plus a funny little side note about how he got use of it
> for the day;)
>
> Anybody got firsthand experience or thoughts on the Rigi
> bicycle?
>
> Mike "Spring is coming, so why did I fall?" Wilkinson
> Parker, Co