Brian, Your Ben-Hur talk reminds me: The first bike store I worked in had a few "tough kids" in the neighborhood; eighth graders who cut school and shoplifted smokes while riding their Sting Rays around as a gang. One of them figured out that the threading on a Schwinn front axle was the same as the drawbolt on a Wald handlebar stem--and what they could do with a filed-sharp stem wedge on each end of the front axle. It was great for spoke and tire replacement business! David Feldman
trikes
> Greg,
>
> Wow, great photos of the gathering! I'm glad someone got off a few
> shots. These photos even captured the colors perfectly; nice shooting,
> Greg.
>
> Next time I ride this baby, I'll fit seat belts to her. The ride is
> similar to a mechanical bull; and every second on this bad boy is a
> struggle. I may go for the Ben-Hur style hub covers for the next
> go-'round just to make it more interesting. I could ride thru downtown
> opening up door panels on BMW's like they were sardine cans! And don't
> anyone else screw with me or I'll hook ya!
>
> Got lots of comments from riders behind me about how contorted my rear
> wheels become as I ride. My reply to that after saying "thanks for
> telling me "THAT" is, "the English really knew what they were doing when
> they put the two wheels behind you; if you saw what they were doing
> while you were riding, you'd probably jump off the bike!" One would also
> think that when one was just riding slow and confortable on a smooth
> flat street it would be easy to sit up like on your single bike and
> stretch your back or whatever. No way, Jack! I sat up for just a second
> to take a break and instantly the front wheel went bizerk and dove into
> such a violent speed wobble (even though I was probably doing 10 mph)
> that it scared Howard half to death as he rode beside me. I grabbed the
> bars as quickly as I'd let them go and with the grace of God, she didn't
> pitch me into the gutter. I swear, riding a trike is like a fight with
> an adversary compared to riding a single which is a marvelous union of
> man and machine. Even a tandem is much easier. Howard LaGrange was
> somewhat impressed by how I took charge of this cantankerous mount on
> account of he has "sampled" how a trike rides(?) in the past. Turns out
> someone he knew had a (now get THIS!!!) RENE HERSE trike! Are you
> kidding?? Heck no, apparently there was one in San Diego in the past.
> The BIG question is...... is she still here? Call out the hounds, alert
> the National Guard, Sound all sirens and alarms. We MUST, I repeat, MUST
> find her. Or at least have proof of her final remains, at which point a
> proper burial should be administered. Has anyone trained their dog to
> sniff out Rene Herse frames? Doug, Mike, Grant, ....someone with a nose
> for the French exotica.
>
> If I had the money I'd hire a private detective to track her down; maybe
> I could hire Duckman and Cornfed to find her. Maybe our buddy will luck
> into it at the Salvation Army and fork over $10 for it! Would REALLY
> like to see the Rene Herse interpetation of the racing trike. OK
> everyone, fan out and leave no stone unturned! Bring her back dead or
> alive. Got your ears on, Howard?
>
> Thanks again to Greg Fletcher for the great photos of our event. Isn't
> the internet grand. A bunch of jabonies (that's for you, Mark) get
> together Insane Diego on Sunday, and the next thing you know, pictures
> of some dork with his gut hanging over the top tube of a racing trike is
> sheepishly stareing zombielike at some guys camera for all the world to
> see. Must be a riot to take that in. Kinda makes you glad you were
> somewhere else, huh.
>
> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
>
> "If man were meant to ride trikes; he would have been born with 3 legs"
> - Brian Baylis 2001
>
> Big announcement regarding Velo Rendezvous comming later today (I hope).
>
>
>
> >
> > It was a real treat to see Brian flying down Canon Drive on that racing
> > trike, I could barely keep up with him, but it did put a bit of sweat on
my
> > upper lip to see him take those corners!
> >
> > This contraption must be seen to be believed- I've post a few photos
from
> > yesterdays event so all could marvel at the trikes greatness-
> >
> > http://www.bates-lee.org/
> >
> > Greg Fletcher
> > Foothill Ranch, CA
> >
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