Re: Penny Farthing

2003-04-01 Thread Herb Chong
then you haven't seen anyone still commute to work in one, in New York, no less. Herb - Original Message - From: Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 02:28 Subject: Re: Penny Farthing Geez, I didn't think those things (velocipedes

Re: Re: Penny Farthing

2003-04-01 Thread scars
I want one of those *_* bye Katrin Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 01.04.2003, 15:15:58: Great site, Paul! Thanks, keith whaley Paul Jones wrote: http://www.wuk.at/hochrad/index_eng.php - Original Message - From: Doug Franklin To: Sent: Tuesday, April

Re: Penny Farthing

2003-04-01 Thread T Rittenhouse
] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 3:24 AM Subject: Re: Penny Farthing then you haven't seen anyone still commute to work in one, in New York, no less. Herb - Original Message - From: Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 02:28 Subject

Re: Penny Farthing

2003-04-01 Thread T Rittenhouse
- Original Message - From: Taz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 8:26 AM Subject: Re: Penny Farthing And what do they do when they have to stop in trafficput a foot out and lean on a handy carlolum...don't you need a ladder to even get one

Re: Penny Farthing

2003-04-01 Thread Peter Alling
out and lean on a handy carlolum...don't you need a ladder to even get one of these things started... :) - Original Message - From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 2:24 AM Subject: Re: Penny Farthing then you haven't seen anyone still

Re: Penny Farthing

2003-04-01 Thread frank theriault
Geez, I ride a fixed gear (no brakes) track bike for a living, and people think I'm nuts! I know it ~can be done~, but I'd hate to have to stop fast on a penny-farthing! My bet is that not many bike messengers ride one of those. Great site, BTW... cheers, frank Taz wrote: And what do they

Re: Penny Farthing

2003-04-01 Thread Ken Archer
I don't know how you do it, Frank. As an old cycling coach, this was the advice I usually gave new riders. If you want to be good, find a good coach. If you can't find a good coach, find a fixed gear bike. It will force you to do things right or beat you to death until you do. I have

Re: Penny Farthing

2003-03-31 Thread Paul Jones
http://www.wuk.at/hochrad/index_eng.php - Original Message - From: Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 4:59 PM Subject: OT: Penny Farthing Indeed. An hour by fast train. Half a day by penny farthing. Oooo. Now there's a good

Re: Penny Farthing

2003-03-31 Thread Doug Franklin
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 17:05:38 +1000, Paul Jones wrote: http://www.wuk.at/hochrad/index_eng.php Indeed. An hour by fast train. Half a day by penny farthing. Oooo. Now there's a good one. For us Yanks on the list, what in blast does half a day by penny farthing mean? Geez, I