Latest Posts by mildlyinterestingbikes - Page 6

Just outside Girona: would you trust that fountain?

Ride to drink, drink to ride.

Appropriate: tree trunk rollers for the fat tire bike

mellow yellow, somewhere in France

Ouch! At least someone could use the brakes....

Worth a read

"To me, lap times are the biological passport of the 24-hour racer.  All kinds of crazy stuff can happen in a 24 hour race, but some numbers just aren’t possible without cheating.”

(via Colin)

Double baskets, double lights and Monkey Electric = city ride

doesn't say anything about shaved legs?!

One of the craziest things I've seen on a bike - retro-direct. Chapeau Scott Mayson via Ride On

Grey days, crappy summer

Note the cover on top of the dynamo. It's a Peugeot women's bike, so they added a cover to make sure skirts don't get trapped between wheel and dynamo roller. 

before and after

Brilliant business hours! Plenty of time for long lunch rides and nice long weekend epics.

Col du Galibier has quite the view. From the top, you can see almost the entire road you traveled, and look down on many of the other mountains. #francobikes #missioncycling #mcalps14 by julianfranco http://ift.tt/1wFT0pC

15 minutes of genius: Jacques Tati's The School for Postmen (L'Ecole des Facteurs) via theguardian: http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2014/aug/06/jacques-tati-ecole-des-facteurs-school-for-postmen

Registration for @ryder_hesjedal's @TourdeVictoria is now on! Register at http://www.tourdevictoria.com 

The Colmar Racer

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INANIMATE OBJECT?

ah, too easy: my bike!

North of Girona

Transporting the bikes on a train in France

Yay for BC! That's Black Tusk in the background.

Photo of the Day: On top of the world by Julie Zoney.

Every weekday, the Straight highlights a great local shot as the Photo of the Day. Interested in submitting your photos for consideration? Check out our Flickr group.

If it fits, she sips! 

Upgraded the brakes on the TouringBike - worth it, quite an improvement

Bikes on a train in the Czech Republic - easy!

Anker (anchor) - what an unfortunate name for a bike. The company also made sewing machines, but lasted only 100 years: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anker-Werke (in German)