tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post6812522872826781566..comments2024-03-27T19:12:49.609-07:00Comments on Midlife Cycling: Bananas?Justine Valinottihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-33928039207671410782013-10-11T18:39:28.360-07:002013-10-11T18:39:28.360-07:00zwordz--Interesting.
MT--You and your brother see...zwordz--Interesting.<br /><br />MT--You and your brother seem very ambitious and creative, even if your attempt at converting the bike fell "woefully short." I never tried anything like that. In fact, I never owned a banana seat bike myself, although my two youngest brothers had them.Justine Valinottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-25401679140182913712013-10-09T12:02:02.913-07:002013-10-09T12:02:02.913-07:00My brother and I learned to ride after my dad brou...My brother and I learned to ride after my dad brought home a second-hand bike with 20-inch wheels. When banana seat bikes hit the market a couple years later, we lusted after them. Our attempt at converting the bike to a banana seater fell woefully short. We managed to remove the fenders, and turned the handlebars to where they stuck straight up. For the seat, we carved a length of two by four into a rough banana shape, and we even scrounged up a piece of conduit that could pass for a sissy bar. But that's where the process ended. We never figured out a way to attach the "seat" to the bike. Probably a good thing because riding on a two by four would have been a real pain in the arse.MT cyclisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17451590809473759574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-15444105538578704472013-10-07T06:15:42.298-07:002013-10-07T06:15:42.298-07:00I think that this may be a hack as opposed to a ma...I think that this may be a hack as opposed to a mass produced product and as such is at the risk of the user.<br /> However with that said, I personally have given a ride to my cousin (180lb man) for about 2 miles once. Once I was accustomed to the balance it was no problem at all. zwordzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08072439745004458054noreply@blogger.com