Movement

movement (mostly bicycles)

civilian vessels

Trek 800 Antelope

I wuv my old commuting mountain bike. Heavy, with superslackful handling (if you fell asleep on it, like a good horse it'd get you home). Had it since around Halloween 2000. aka Bikey, not to be confused with Hacksaw's Bike E...

Trek 520 touring bike

Similar handling, much to my surprise. Mostly can't ride it no-hands with the SpongyWonder saddle. My first skinny-tires zippy bike. The next commuter.

'fraction

The Vision R-40 'bent, thence the name. My orthopedic bike. Backache-compliant. Broken-leg-noncompliant.

Rikki Tikki Tembo No Sa Rembo Chari Bari Ruchi Pip Peri Pembo

aka Longoose. An Xtracycle on a Mongoose. I'm loving this.

Nine

A homebrew loctite fIXie, frame is a mIXte Raleigh Grand PrIX. So low a gear ratio, 42(?)/18, you can hardly mount!

choppers

TLA MoxieMoron, shortest of tall bikes

Christened on 20 October 2002, on mission Operation TakeTheCannoli, this is the flagship of the Three-Letter Acronym wing of SCUL.

TLA VWBeetle, a more nonsensibly-sized tall bike

Christened on 03 May 2003, on SCUL mission Operation BackInTheSaddle.

TLA BicycleDescendingAStaircase

A short flip bike - "FTM" - sorta in the style of VWBeetle, but bicycle-sized. Christened on 23 Oct 2004, on SCUL mission Operation RecurseTheVerse.

NoWeld FlipBike HowTo

Now that I've built one I'd let my sister marry, I oughta consider a DIY page.

Other tall bikes I have met

and ridden a few blocks or tried to: USB SkyLab, SKP Bonnie&Clyde, TAN PedalStilt

Recombinant (or Redundant?)

supposedly both an upright 3-speed and a front-wheel drive recumbent 10-speed - but still really unrideable as a recumbent.

Foots (or Randem, or ThatsAmore?)

A long bike built hack-tandem style from two Murrays, the stoker one a three-speed, also not in service.

JPR Bumblebee, chopper

A real live horrible little chopper I came into under odd circumstances (what other kind are there?).

three-speeds

the beater

This is the first 3-speed I ever worked on, and the first bike I ever bunny-hopped. 1963 Sturmey-Archer hub!! Kinda creaky, but that's mostly the seat...
AND NOW IT'S the first Sturmey-Archer hub I ever took apart - thanks, Smasher!!

the loaner

A 1956 Raleigh Sport step-through in much better shape.

Sturmey Archer AW three-speed hubs

Luck skunking three-speeds!

etc.

green bike

The previous beater. Summer of 2002, I trashpicked and resurrected most of a green one-speed one-piece-crank coaster-brakes Ross bike. Tasty pretty frame, but something about the handling is assertively itchy.

TrailingZeroes

A two-kiddie trailer, retrofitted for cargo use.

off-the-shelf components

A comfortable abundance of choppable riches, including tennish with Sturmey-Archer shifting hubs.

In search of

I'm always on the lookout for cable combo locks, hose clamps, 3/4"-1" conduit, bike tools, most sorts of free frames and parts, baskets, racks, BROKEN BLINKIES, CABLE CUTTER, PEDAL WRENCH, 700C FIXIE WHEEL.

meanwhile

Fall '02, I put Building 19 10mm scooter wheels on a trashpicked skateboard with another scooterboard's handle. Red wheels port and green wheels starboard. (Thinking of this is in character for me, but doing it, perhaps out - satisfies and irks separate regions of my aesthetic sense.) Too tall and fast, now, for a tyro. Maybe with a longer handlebar. Maybe on level ground with the hockey pants...

rear flasher

Oh, my, my friend Jonathan makes the most profoundly fabulous thing and Hacksaw got me one for my birthday. A bike light with its 6 LEDs in rainbow colors - !!

inner tube

Better than duct-tape, better than bungees. (But I like hook-and-loop too.)

handling

Okay, they've convinced me it wasn't mostly angular momentum.
Old Roads (search down page for "handling")
Chunk 666
Sheldon Brown

the fork in the road

On my way to work, there's a fork in the road. ("So I took it.") I expect it has great mystical significance.

me-isms

For reference.

others & elsewhere

Subversive Choppers Urban Legion
The Counterculture to Americas Love for the Automobile. I found these folks during a Google search for tall bikes - turns out they're just a half-mile down the road from me. If all you've got is sensible bikes, they'll lend you one for a Saturnight Mission. Excerpt: "Recumbents. Unless modified for inefficiency, completely homemade or on fire, these ships are forbidden to ride with SCUL."
P.S. I just won my first derby! And on TLA MoxieMoron!

Critical Mass, Boston
"The revolution will not be motorized." Biking with these folks is... an experience. Mixed feelings, many positive.

Chopper DIY link(s)

Chunk Technical Documentation
SCUL Ship Construction page

Bicycle Coffee Delivery Systems

Travel mug and bottle cage reviews, and some original designs. "I'll warn you that grinding coffee with one of these hand grinders is like a career. What is needed is some sort of grinder that can be driven from your wheel like the old generators."

civilian vessels
	Trek 800 Antelope I wuv my old commuting mountain bike. Heavy, with superslackful handling (if you fell asleep on it, like a good horse it'd get you home). Had it since around Halloween 2000. aka Bikey, not to be confused with Hacksaw's Bike E... Trek 520 touring bike Similar handling, much to my surprise. Mostly can't ride it no-hands with the SpongyWonder saddle. My first skinny-tires zippy bike. The next commuter. 'fraction The Vision R-40 'bent, thence the name. My orthopedic bike. Backache-compliant. Broken-leg-noncompliant.
	Rikki Tikki Tembo No Sa Rembo Chari Bari Ruchi Pip Peri Pembo aka Longoose. An Xtracycle on a Mongoose. I'm loving this.
	Nine A homebrew loctite fIXie, frame is a mIXte Raleigh Grand PrIX. So low a gear ratio, 42(?)/18, you can hardly mount!
choppers
	TLA MoxieMoron, shortest of tall bikes Christened on 20 October 2002, on mission Operation TakeTheCannoli, this is the flagship of the Three-Letter Acronym wing of SCUL.
	TLA VWBeetle, a more nonsensibly-sized tall bike Christened on 03 May 2003, on SCUL mission Operation BackInTheSaddle. TLA BicycleDescendingAStaircase A short flip bike - "FTM" - sorta in the style of VWBeetle, but bicycle-sized. Christened on 23 Oct 2004, on SCUL mission Operation RecurseTheVerse. NoWeld FlipBike HowTo Now that I've built one I'd let my sister marry, I oughta consider a DIY page. Other tall bikes I have met and ridden a few blocks or tried to: USB SkyLab, SKP Bonnie&Clyde, TAN PedalStilt Recombinant (or Redundant?) supposedly both an upright 3-speed and a front-wheel drive recumbent 10-speed - but still really unrideable as a recumbent. Foots (or Randem, or ThatsAmore?) A long bike built hack-tandem style from two Murrays, the stoker one a three-speed, also not in service. JPR Bumblebee, chopper A real live horrible little chopper I came into under odd circumstances (what other kind are there?).
three-speeds
	the beater This is the first 3-speed I ever worked on, and the first bike I ever bunny-hopped. 1963 Sturmey-Archer hub!! Kinda creaky, but that's mostly the seat... AND NOW IT'S the first Sturmey-Archer hub I ever took apart - thanks, Smasher!! the loaner A 1956 Raleigh Sport step-through in much better shape. Sturmey Archer AW three-speed hubs Luck skunking three-speeds!
etc.
	green bike The previous beater. Summer of 2002, I trashpicked and resurrected most of a green one-speed one-piece-crank coaster-brakes Ross bike. Tasty pretty frame, but something about the handling is assertively itchy. TrailingZeroes A two-kiddie trailer, retrofitted for cargo use. off-the-shelf components A comfortable abundance of choppable riches, including tennish with Sturmey-Archer shifting hubs. In search of I'm always on the lookout for cable combo locks, hose clamps, 3/4"-1" conduit, bike tools, most sorts of free frames and parts, baskets, racks, BROKEN BLINKIES, CABLE CUTTER, PEDAL WRENCH, 700C FIXIE WHEEL. meanwhile Fall '02, I put Building 19 10mm scooter wheels on a trashpicked skateboard with another scooterboard's handle. Red wheels port and green wheels starboard. (Thinking of this is in character for me, but doing it, perhaps out - satisfies and irks separate regions of my aesthetic sense.) Too tall and fast, now, for a tyro. Maybe with a longer handlebar. Maybe on level ground with the hockey pants...
	rear flasher Oh, my, my friend Jonathan makes the most profoundly fabulous thing and Hacksaw got me one for my birthday. A bike light with its 6 LEDs in rainbow colors - !!
	inner tube Better than duct-tape, better than bungees. (But I like hook-and-loop too.) handling Okay, they've convinced me it wasn't mostly angular momentum. Old Roads (search down page for "handling") Chunk 666 Sheldon Brown the fork in the road On my way to work, there's a fork in the road. ("So I took it.") I expect it has great mystical significance. me-isms For reference.
others & elsewhere
	Subversive Choppers Urban Legion The Counterculture to Americas Love for the Automobile. I found these folks during a Google search for tall bikes - turns out they're just a half-mile down the road from me. If all you've got is sensible bikes, they'll lend you one for a Saturnight Mission. Excerpt: "Recumbents. Unless modified for inefficiency, completely homemade or on fire, these ships are forbidden to ride with SCUL." P.S. I just won my first derby! And on TLA MoxieMoron!
	Critical Mass, Boston "The revolution will not be motorized." Biking with these folks is... an experience. Mixed feelings, many positive. Chopper DIY link(s) Chunk Technical Documentation SCUL Ship Construction page Bicycle Coffee Delivery Systems Travel mug and bottle cage reviews, and some original designs. "I'll warn you that grinding coffee with one of these hand grinders is like a career. What is needed is some sort of grinder that can be driven from your wheel like the old generators."