Frankendork Pursuit Tall Bike
Jul 07, 2008 · 06:30 AM · permalink
When you’re a frame maker tired of turning out custom bikes for other people… What do you do? When you’re Marty from Geekhouse Bikes, you build yourself, (perhaps the world’s first,) custom pursuit tall bike. Why? Because you can. This little number is lovingly named “Frankendork.”
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I think you also check your liability insurance. Every time I see a tall bike, I think of the old bone shakers and the reason the new generation of safety bikes were called that was a cyclist was much less likely to crack open his head when he fell off. Does this one feature the Flintstone stopping method as well?
Brake or no Brake, the fun thing about this bike is the absurdity of it… Tall bikes in general aren’t safe. (And probably the last thing on the mind of tall bike riders.) At least this one was made by a competent frame maker with new materials, rather than two rusty hulks from the junkyard, as is the case with most tall bikes. The fact that someone would take the time to build a pursuit tall bike, “just because,” is what makes me smile when I see that picture.
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