Random PICTURE of the day thread *KEEP IT WORK SAFE*

[71chevellejohn]

[71chevellejohn]

[71chevellejohn]

[Wicked98Snake]

And this is why It's nice to sleep alone!

Nope my GF helps me execute the double tuck every night, lol.

[Ratt]

Nope my GF helps me execute the double tuck every night, lol.

So does my wife, and it's usually preceded by sexual activity. It nice to not sleep alone.

[Strychnine]

[Strychnine]

[Cooter]

I refuse to believe those things were considered a viable means of transportation for more than about 18 seconds of human history

[grove rat]

I refuse to believe those things were considered a viable means of transportation for more than about 18 seconds of human history

first thing i thought about was the jackass scene where knoxville and ryan dunn(r.i.p.) were riding them and wrecking into stuff

"why would anyone ride this shit"

"why wouldn't they make 2 wheels the same size?"

[CJ]

I refuse to believe those things were considered a viable means of transportation for more than about 18 seconds of human history

A way to get a easy to pedal bike without having a gear reduction chain. Very simple, and effective.

[cdite]

[Binky]

[HARVEL 5.0]

[Blackout]

[BERNIE MOSFET]

I refuse to believe those things were considered a viable means of transportation for more than about 18 seconds of human history

I dug this up because it was a curiosity to me.

The High Wheel Bicycle

In 1870 the first all metal machine appeared. (Previous to this metallurgy was not advanced enough to provide metal which was strong enough to make small, light parts out of.) The pedals were still atttached directly to the front wheel with no freewheeling mechanism. Solid rubber tires and the long spokes of the large front wheel provided a much smoother ride than its predecessor. The front wheels became larger and larger as makers realized that the larger the wheel, the farther you could travel with one rotation of the pedals. You would purchase a wheel as large as your leg length would allow. This machine was the first one to be called a bicycle ("two wheel"). These bicycles enjoyed a great popularity among young men of means (they cost an average worker six month's pay), with the hey-day being the decade of the 1880s.


Because the rider sat so high above the center of gravity, if the front wheel was stopped by a stone or rut in the road, or the sudden emergence of a dog, the entire apparatus rotated forward on its front axle, and the rider, with his legs trapped under the handlebars, was dropped unceremoniously on his head. Thus the term "taking a header" came into being.

http://www.pedalinghistory.com/PHhistory.html