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mrtexas
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Joined: 02 Dec 2005
Posts: 1030
Location: 9a Missouri City,TX
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| Posted: Fri 23 Feb, 2007 11:47 pm |
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Me and my antique 1889 Royal Mail 54 inch wheel
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Cactusrequiem
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Joined: 13 Nov 2005
Posts: 229
Location: North Charleston, SC
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| Posted: Sat 24 Feb, 2007 3:08 pm |
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Those bikes are really cool! Never could figure out how you get up on one though?
Thanks Mr. Texas!
Darren
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Millet
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Joined: 13 Nov 2005
Posts: 6657
Location: Colorado
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| Posted: Sat 24 Feb, 2007 4:47 pm |
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Mr. Texas, that looks like a Golden, Colorado (home of Coors beer) bike.
Millet
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eyeckr
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Joined: 21 Nov 2005
Posts: 345
Location: Virginia Beach, VA (zone 8a)
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| Posted: Sat 24 Feb, 2007 7:25 pm |
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Good thing you're wearing a helmet. The height on that bike would make for one nasty fall. |
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karpes
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Joined: 14 Mar 2006
Posts: 379
Location: South Louisiana
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| Posted: Sat 24 Feb, 2007 7:52 pm |
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How do you get off and on the thing? |
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mrtexas
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Joined: 02 Dec 2005
Posts: 1030
Location: 9a Missouri City,TX
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| Posted: Sat 24 Feb, 2007 8:58 pm |
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There is a peg on the backbone near the small wheel. Step with your left foot on the peg while holding both handle bars and hop along until you get up to speed and then stand up and sit. I flew into Denver and bought it from Steve Stevens of Golden, CO who has a high wheel bike museum with 60 bikes in it.
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karpes
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Joined: 14 Mar 2006
Posts: 379
Location: South Louisiana
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| Posted: Sat 24 Feb, 2007 10:27 pm |
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Ok, I see the peg. Probably one foot on the pedal and up over like mounting a horse right? I think the little girlÂ’s bike with the training wheels looks safer.
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justjoan
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Joined: 18 Apr 2006
Posts: 334
Location: Brooklyn Park Mn Zone 4A
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| Posted: Sun 25 Feb, 2007 12:53 pm |
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Considering the weather here today, I would just love to take a walk on that street!!!! Looks like you are having fun! 
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Skeeter
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Joined: 23 Jul 2006
Posts: 2218
Location: Pensacola, FL zone 9
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| Posted: Sun 25 Feb, 2007 9:46 pm |
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I have never really thought about it, but how do you steer those bikes? Does the big wheel or the little wheel do the steering? How does it feel?
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mrtexas
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Location: 9a Missouri City,TX
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| Posted: Mon 26 Feb, 2007 10:47 pm |
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It steers and rides like a bike with the front wheel. The handle bars are straight across with handles that look like sturrups and not angled back like on a safety bicycle(modern bike.) A few late high wheels had handle bars like a modern bike.
My reproduction highwheel handle bars:
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