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> On Jun 14, 4:40 pm, Fred Fredburger
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > [email protected] wrote:
> > > On Jun 14, 2:07 am, "Maple Tree" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >> When does it start?
> >
> > >> Is there a Tour homepage?
> >
> > >> Thanks
> >
> > > What I'd like to know is why sometimes in the Tour de France, the
> > > riders are all bunched up in one big group and it doesn't look like
> > > they're riding fast at all. Isn't it a race, I mean shouldn't they go
> > > as hard as they can like runners running a marathon sprint?
> >
> > > -ilan
> >
> > And by the way, where's my ass? It used to be here somewhere. Where's it
> > gone?
>
> You need more twinkies.
> http://gizmodo.com/380168/cycle-bag-twinkie-storage-unit-for-big+assed-cyclist
> s
That was merely dumb, but led me to this thing, which was awesomely
dumb, and included video:
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http://gizmodo.com/5016577/bi+cycle-tandem-bike-is-perfect-for-the-coupl
e-thats-going-nowhere>
It's both a tandem abomination and a brakeless fixie, plus the video
includes them accidentally breaking version 1.
What can I say? I'm a sucker for bad tandems.
BTW, the YouTube caption says "riding this bike demands a trust bond
between the riders."
No, a tandem requires a trust bond. This thing is more like a suicide
pact.
BTW, a friend told me a story of riding a rented tandem with his
not-much-of-a-cyclist wife briefly captaining. They hit a bump, and she,
surprised, jumped off the bike!
Now, full points for the fact that she managed to get off a moving
tandem without falling down. But as you can imagine, my friend was not
so impressed.
They're still married,
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