Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles
Sew on the Go!
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 22, 2015 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, Family, Chindogu, 1930s
Monark, the Wheely Boy King
How do the wheeled extremities of Monark permit the little monster to operate those other vehicles?
Original ad here. (Page 23)
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 02, 2015 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, 1950s, Fictional Monsters
Stoopid Tall
Richie Trimble proved that he can ride a 15-foot bike through San Francisco. Next he has his sights set on a 20-foot bike.(via The Presurfer)
Posted By: Alex - Mon Apr 27, 2015 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles
Belt Scooter
It's a scooter that you can wear as a belt when you're not using it. (Though I wonder how well it functions as either a scooter or a belt.) More info at behance.net.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Nov 01, 2014 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, Fashion
Johnson Smith Catalog Item #32
Can we believe that this is a genuine taxidermied fox head? Even if not, very cool accessory even for today's bikes. Anger vegans everywhere!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 10, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Taxidermy, Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, Johnson Smith Catalog, 1950s
One-Armed Rider
"German police apologise for fining one-armed cyclist for riding his bike with only one arm."
Technically he was fined for having only one handbrake, even though he had modified the bicycle, per legal requirements, to also have a foot-operated brake.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jul 03, 2014 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles
The Cyclocable
The cyclocable is a Norwegian invention designed to help bicyclists get up hills. It operates on the same principle as a ski lift. They've got one in Trondheim that's been working flawlessly since the early 1990s.The inventors are now trying to sell the idea to hilly American cities like Pittsburgh. But there are two reasons why a sale is unlikely. First, precisely because Pittsburgh is hilly not many people there bicycle. Thus, there's not a lot of interest from the community. Second, it's America. So, liability issues.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Apr 09, 2014 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles
Wham-O Wheelie Bar
What a cheat!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 11, 2014 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, 1960s
One of These Ads Is Not Like the Others
I think Dad would rather look at the last ad in this sequence.
All taken from the same 1951 issue of BOYS LIFE.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 09, 2014 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, Magazines, Advertising, Sex Symbols, 1950s
California Drag Chute
Broken limbs, entangled drive chains and potential strangulation guaranteed!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 19, 2013 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, Death, 1970s
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