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Hiya!
The weird bicycle sighting for this week -- well, actually there
were a lot of them, including a flat-handlebar bike of unknown make
that had downtube shifters. However, the most unusual were the
collective handcycles! A handcycle riding group was staging in a
parking lot in the park. More than a dozen handcyclists, and a few
spousal units on uprights (and one recumbent) were all gearing up in
jerseys, shorts and helmets. Handcyclists were checking out their
gearing, steering, tires (some of them quite skinny) and brakes. An
upright rider was inspecting and adjusting the US flags taped to the
rack trunk on her Cannondale 9000 -- very visible. I would guess she
had the tail end of the ride position. Riding club? Challenged
triatheletes? Don't know, didn't ask (I was already running a bit
late).
Some of the gearing on the handcycles was mounted forward -- looked
like, at speed, they could saw through an SUV bumper, no problem.
Robert Leone [email protected]
The weird bicycle sighting for this week -- well, actually there
were a lot of them, including a flat-handlebar bike of unknown make
that had downtube shifters. However, the most unusual were the
collective handcycles! A handcycle riding group was staging in a
parking lot in the park. More than a dozen handcyclists, and a few
spousal units on uprights (and one recumbent) were all gearing up in
jerseys, shorts and helmets. Handcyclists were checking out their
gearing, steering, tires (some of them quite skinny) and brakes. An
upright rider was inspecting and adjusting the US flags taped to the
rack trunk on her Cannondale 9000 -- very visible. I would guess she
had the tail end of the ride position. Riding club? Challenged
triatheletes? Don't know, didn't ask (I was already running a bit
late).
Some of the gearing on the handcycles was mounted forward -- looked
like, at speed, they could saw through an SUV bumper, no problem.
Robert Leone [email protected]