Tom,
The tall bike is just another inspired project. There may be a 650c wheel used somewhere in the bike, but I'm not positive just yet. The rear will be 700c and the front will probably be a 20" wheel, mounted to a fork with reverse rake. So far all I have is my second generation sketch of the proposed beast. Since I now have a camera and no scanner, perhaps I can shoot a photo. I'll email it to you if it works. If someone wants to post it from there, that's fine with me. Something on the framebuilders list inspired me to create this bike, as part of my collection and as kinetic art. It's deffinitely both. Besides, if I'm destined to die on a bicycle, I might as well be chopped to bits by my own propeller, no?
Brian Baylis La Mesa, CA Who knows why framebuilders do what they do. I know one thing; inspiration is powerful stuff.
I didn't take you for a member of the Chunk crew, or the Choppercadabara crew. whatsupwithdat? Since you are not a tall person are you building it with 650c wheels for the proper standover and geometry and clearance????
It is a contraption by a keeper of the flame yes, but if you made furniture or chopped and channelled a 70's muscle car those things would be off topic. But..... it's a bike.........
Send on a picture of your 7' tall kinetic wonder.........
Tom Martin
Oakland CA
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> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
> Question: Does a "tall bike" built by a "keeper of the flame" qualify as
on topic for this list? What if all of the parts were "period correct" for
this list? The frame handmade and fillet brazed together? The propeller does
not disqualify it as a bicycle, nor the lack of a chain, right?