Animal Style Cycle Helmets

                               

Saw these for sale for around £35 quid, yes they are kids animal style cycle helmets if you look closely. Well anything gets them to wear them these might. Safety first, mind you they might scare a few people on the way past.

The Spectacle of a Cycle Race

The spectacle of a cycle race never fails to excite, even though the sight might only last a few seconds before they have flown past. However capturing the moment by camera keeps that moment there as long as you want it. This was in Boxhill, Surrey last year during the Olympics (Daily Telegraph source)

Saddle Sight For Sore Eyes

Well I certainly wouldn't want to be in the lead in this bike race as the best view is from behind! Many a soiled thong after a few laps me thinks and no rear lights to be seen.

Silly Bike

Well the word that comes to mind here is, unnecessary. All this complication with the complex frame is just plain silly. The rider I feel is just looking for attention and certainly has that as he rides by. Keep going my man, you will come a cropper with failings with such a complex system. Simplicity is the mainstay of reliability, this is the opposite!

Silly Reverse Steering Bicycle

Nice colours but this simple pedal bicycle is designed with reverse steering surely solely for circus and shows. There is a danger however of after riding this bike for a prolonged period to get into a car and steer in the opposite direction!

A Tricycle With A Loop Frame

Interesting to say the least especially when you look closely and see that the seat and handlebars should be facing the other way round for this to be rideable. The bigger picture is, why on earth design a bike that can't be ridden, other than an art form I suppose?

A Tower of Bicycles

A tower of bicycles with chains all over the pace but I assume it is ridable for two people, so technically a high rise tandem I suppose. Love to see a couple riding it though, looks like it would take a couple of heavyweights though.

A Bike No Good For Off Road For Sure

Yes a novelty bicycle just for fun and another leaf out of a hippy era enhanced by the rider's fashion and hair style. Looks like and old Arsenal FC away top as well. Whatever the bike is for I certainly would ride it off road as my manhood could well be in compromised over the first bump!

An 1885 Rover Bicycle by James Starley

James Starley's (English inventor) 1885 Rover is usually described as the first recognisably modern bicycle. This was probably the first design with the double triangle or diamond framed which is where the of the modern bike design still remains.

Kevin Muhilly's Chopper Bike

This chopper bike is the creation of bike designer Kevin Muhilly from Los Angeles, USA. His website can bee seen at http://www.roadrecumbent.com. I like the idea of the slanted top bar whilst still keeping the saddle horizontal. Not really a bike I'd be seen on, but to heavy metal merchants it might be a thought from a different slant.

Invisible Bike - With a Shadow of Doubt

As the saying goes, "Air we go, air we go, air we go!" Yes going somewhere on air it seems. But wait, it is not an invisible bike without a shadow of doubt as we can see. Someone has been using a picture editor for sure, so why couldn't they also get rid of the shadow for more intrigue?

A Bike Without a Saddle

Well if you suffer from saddle sores, this bike may well be for you. It is a bike without a saddle, you just hang from the frame and propel yourself by scampering. Not the coolest posture trying to impress the opposite sex. Looks like this guy is speeding along, but I suspect it is on a flat or slightly downhill. I'd love to see him ride in the Yorkshire Pennines!

Bone Shaker Bicycle

A sculpture from Jud Turner, quite a dark side of cycling but not quite Gothic. Just reminds me of the original bicycle called the boneshaker, but in a quirky modern stance. More from Jud who kindly gave permission for this picture at this site http://judturner.com/