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Bicycles are a popular mode of transport in the French Quarter.
Some are in better condition than others . . .
talkingmime
(2,173 posts)I've seen that robin's egg blue one in a bike shop - same bike, except it ALSO had matching tires. They were still whitewalls, but the tread was the same color as the bike.
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)Kind of flat.
talkingmime
(2,173 posts)Then again, the tandem weighs at least 70 lbs on its own. It isn't built for speed, but it does have a rear drum brake. It needs it. Regular rim pads wouldn't do anything to slow it down. Still, those bikes remind me of my old Schwinn Typhoon. It was also really heavy, but I could out hop all of the kids with BMX bikes. We used to stack skateboards to jump and I could easily clear four or five. I never knocked them over. It took about a 1/8th mile runway to do it, but I could.
And that was before helmets. How am I still alive?
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)I'll bet someone here as a pic of them. The riders are sitting about six feet off the ground.
talkingmime
(2,173 posts)bluedigger
(17,086 posts)I think the front wheels are usually smaller than the rears, but I wouldn't swear to it.
talkingmime
(2,173 posts)The front wheel was a penny and the back wheel was a farthing. I STILL haven't figured out how you would get on one of the things to begin with!
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)I'm pretty sure that's a key part of the "where do I park this?" thought process for the riders.
rdking647
(5,113 posts)talkingmime
(2,173 posts)I'll stick with my mountain bike (which I do NOT use for off-road death rides). A friend gave it to me when he bought a new mountain bike, and he DOES do off-road death rides. It had shoe clips for pedals. The first thing I did was remove those and put on real pedals. I also put on what we used to call "book racks", and yes, we carried books on them. I guess you'd call it a Kindle rack now.
rdking647
(5,113 posts)i can ride it like a regular bike but when i come to a hill it has a motor
talkingmime
(2,173 posts)Curiously, it's easier to bike in 1st than it is to push the bike up the hill. That's not true with our behemouth tandem. Its first gear feels like 4th on a hill. We can either stand up or push it. Pushing is easier.
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)I think it's on it's way to eligibility for the National Historic Register.
flamin lib
(14,559 posts)bluedigger
(17,086 posts)I lived in the Quarter from '08-'10. More like years, I think.
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)Nice photography