New Bike

[DolfanBob]

Since I still haven't figured out how to post pictures here on the forum. Will someone do it for me?
I want to see a race with everyone using one of these.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2199151/Urban-runaround-The-Flinstones-bicycle-pedals-saddle-powered-walking.html

[Conan71]

That's a trip!

[Ed W]

It's not exactly a new idea:





The draisienne or dandy horse was the forerunner of the modern bicycle.  It was invented by Baron Karl Drais - a German, because they like difficult machinery - in 1818.  Most were constructed of wood and had to be custom-fitted to the owner.  In 1860, the French fitted pedals to the front wheel of a draisienne, and promptly rode away thumbing their noses at the Germans, provoking the Franco-Prussian war.  The Germans pursued their adversaries in horse-drawn wooden Panzers, overtaking the French who had stopped for a sumptuous luncheon of cold chicken,  stinky cheese, crusty fresh-baked bread, and a couple of bottles of a modest red wine. The French immediately surrendered.

Gotta watch that after-work espresso.