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Date: 04 Feb 2007 19:59:33
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Subject: Can anyone find this bike for me.
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Alright, fellas, I have a challenge for you. Don't ask me how I
stumbled upon this, but I did. There is a picture; if you go to
Google images and search 'Rita Hayworth' on the first page of results
(one of the last ones) you will see Rita on a peculiar looking
bicycle. I want this bicycle. Can anyone tell me what this is? I
have never seen it. It's like a vintage adult scooter. If anyone
could help, that would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Dave
If you would like, the direct link is below:
http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Hayworth,%20Rita/Annex/Annex%20-%20Hayworth,%20Rita%20(Human%20Cargo)_01.jpg
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Date: 15 Feb 2007 07:44:28
From: OldRoads
Subject: Re: Can anyone find this bike for me.
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Yes, it's an Ingo and it is not considered a scooter.
Vin - Menotomy Vintage Bicycles
http://OldRoads.com
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Date: 15 Feb 2007 07:38:21
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Subject: Re: Can anyone find this bike for me.
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On Feb 4, 10:59 pm, david.lu...@dectra.net wrote:
> Alright, fellas, I have a challenge for you. Don't ask me how I
> stumbled upon this, but I did. There is a picture; if you go to
> Google images and search 'Rita Hayworth' on the first page of results
> (one of the last ones) you will see Rita on a peculiar looking
> bicycle. I want this bicycle. Can anyone tell me what this is? I
> have never seen it. It's like a vintage adult scooter. If anyone
> could help, that would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Dave
>
> If you would like, the direct link is below:
>
> http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Hayworth,%20Rita/Annex/Annex%20-%20...
I don't think it is a regular push or kick scooter - it may be an Ingo
Bike (aka ExerCycle). The Ingo Bike was only produced for several
years - in the mid 1930's. The rear wheel had an eccentric hub, and
you propelled the bike by bouncing up and down on the footboard. If
you do a google search on "Ingo Bike" or "ExerCycle," you can photos
of the bike. The Owl's Head Transportation Museum in Maine has one or
more Ingo Bikes - see a photo of one at www.ohtm.org/1935ingo.html
John V. in NH
P.S. Some companies produce Ingo Bike replicas that are propelled by
the same method. Do a search on "Whymcycle" "Hula Bike" or "Jump
Bike" and you may find them.
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Date: 14 Feb 2007 19:58:51
From:
Subject: Re: Can anyone find this bike for me.
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Ivar Hesselager wrote:
> Somehow it looks like Rita didn't go very far on that one. But a scooter
> (or "kickbike") can be a very efficient means ot long distance transport.
> A guy made i through the 1,220 km from Paris to Brest and back in 2003.
> As far as I remember he shifted leg after each three kicks.
> Don't take my word for it. See for yourself!
> http://www.machka.net/pbp/pbp/pbp29.htm
> Ivar
>
>
The guy who completed Paris-Brest-Paris on a Kickbike is Alpo Kuusisto
from Finland. He is the only person to have done this (he finished in
about 85 hours). He also holds the world record for fastest athon
(42.195 kilometers or 26.219 miles) on a kick scooter (1:20:03), and
longest distance ridden in 15, 20 and 24 hours (his 24 hour record is
322.5 miles, set on Aug. 31, 2002).
John V.
> Den 05.02.2007 kl. 04:59 skrev <david.lunde@dectra.net>:
>
> > Alright, fellas, I have a challenge for you. Don't ask me how I
> > stumbled upon this, but I did. There is a picture; if you go to
> > Google images and search 'Rita Hayworth' on the first page of results
> > (one of the last ones) you will see Rita on a peculiar looking
> > bicycle. I want this bicycle. Can anyone tell me what this is? I
> > have never seen it. It's like a vintage adult scooter. If anyone
> > could help, that would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > If you would like, the direct link is below:
> >
> > http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Hayworth,%20Rita/Annex/Annex%20-%20Hayworth,%20Rita%20(Human%20Cargo)_01.jpg
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Sendt med Operas banebrydende postklient:
> http://www.opera.com/mail/
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Date: 05 Feb 2007 11:09:08
From:
Subject: Re: Can anyone find this bike for me.
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On Feb 4, 9:59 pm, david.lu...@dectra.net wrote:
> Alright, fellas, I have a challenge for you. Don't ask me how I
> stumbled upon this, but I did. There is a picture; if you go to
> Google images and search 'Rita Hayworth' on the first page of results
> (one of the last ones) you will see Rita on a peculiar looking
> bicycle. I want this bicycle. Can anyone tell me what this is? I
> have never seen it. It's like a vintage adult scooter. If anyone
> could help, that would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Dave
>
> If you would like, the direct link is below:
>
> http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Hayworth,%20Rita/Annex/Annex%20-%20...
Guys, I have found somethings similar at the following address.
Apparently they are called 'kickstarters.'
http://www.bikemania.biz/category_s/158.htm
Dave
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Date: 15 Feb 2007 19:14:33
From: John V
Subject: Re: Can anyone find this bike for me.
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On Mon, Feb 5, 2007, 11:09am (EST-3) david.lunde@dectra.net
On Feb 4, 9:59 pm, david.lu...@dectra.net wrote:
[snipped original post]
Guys, I have found somethings similar at the following address.
Apparently they are called 'kickstarters.'
http://www.bikemania.biz/category_s/158.htm
Dave
__________________________
I'm not sure why bikemania.biz calls this line of scooterbikes
"kickstarters." Most other dealers sell them under the Sidewalker name.
The U.S. distributor is sidewalkerusa.com
It appears that Rita Hayworth was standing on an Ingo bike (with front
wheel smaller than the rear wheel). Some recumbernt bikes have a front
wheel that is smaller than the rear wheel, but I don't know of any
scooter-bike hybrids that do. Some have front and rear wheels that are
the same size (e.g., Sidewalkers) and some have a front wheel that is
larger than the rear wheel. An example of the latter is the Kickbike
brand scooter-bike, which has either a 26 inch or 700c front wheel, and
either a 16 or 18 inch rear wheel.
John V.
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Date: 05 Feb 2007 09:44:42
From: Ivar Hesselager
Subject: Re: Can anyone find this bike for me.
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Somehow it looks like Rita didn't go very far on that one. But a scooter
(or "kickbike") can be a very efficient means ot long distance transport.
A guy made i through the 1,220 km from Paris to Brest and back in 2003.
As far as I remember he shifted leg after each three kicks.
Don't take my word for it. See for yourself!
http://www.machka.net/pbp/pbp/pbp29.htm
Ivar
Den 05.02.2007 kl. 04:59 skrev <david.lunde@dectra.net >:
> Alright, fellas, I have a challenge for you. Don't ask me how I
> stumbled upon this, but I did. There is a picture; if you go to
> Google images and search 'Rita Hayworth' on the first page of results
> (one of the last ones) you will see Rita on a peculiar looking
> bicycle. I want this bicycle. Can anyone tell me what this is? I
> have never seen it. It's like a vintage adult scooter. If anyone
> could help, that would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Dave
>
> If you would like, the direct link is below:
>
> http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Hayworth,%20Rita/Annex/Annex%20-%20Hayworth,%20Rita%20(Human%20Cargo)_01.jpg
>
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Sendt med Operas banebrydende postklient:
http://www.opera.com/mail/
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Date: 04 Feb 2007 22:43:32
From: landotter
Subject: Re: Can anyone find this bike for me.
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On Feb 4, 11:31 pm, <j...@phred.org > wrote:
> In article <1170647973.095042.266...@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> david.lu...@dectra.net says...
>
> > There is a picture; if you go to
> > Google images and search 'Rita Hayworth' on the first page of results
> > (one of the last ones) you will see Rita on a peculiar looking
> > bicycle. I want this bicycle. Can anyone tell me what this is? I
> > have never seen it. It's like a vintage adult scooter. If anyone
> > could help, that would be greatly appreciated.
>
> It's not a bicycle, it's a scooter.
>
> I can't quite make out the headtube badge, the shape of it is very
> familiar but I'm drawing a blank on the brand. Can't remember who was
> selling a modern version of those in the late '80s, cool but heavy.
>
Didn't Coker make a large wheeled scooter at some point? I've lazily
googled, but can't find any info--but I swear they did.
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Date: 05 Feb 2007 00:46:28
From: David L. Johnson
Subject: Re: Can anyone find this bike for me.
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david.lunde@dectra.net wrote:
> Alright, fellas, I have a challenge for you. Don't ask me how I
> stumbled upon this, but I did. There is a picture; if you go to
> Google images and search 'Rita Hayworth' on the first page of results
> (one of the last ones) you will see Rita on a peculiar looking
> bicycle. I want this bicycle. Can anyone tell me what this is? I
> have never seen it. It's like a vintage adult scooter. If anyone
> could help, that would be greatly appreciated.
You can see similar scooters in Amish country near, for example,
Lancaster, PA. Even there they are dying out, though. They were a
compromise for Amish kids who wanted to ride bikes, but whose parents
thought bikes were too modern. Now more of the Amish kids you see are
riding bikes.
As far as buying one of these, aside from coming to the Lancaster area
and looking for garage sales, I would have no idea.
--
David L. Johnson
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries,
and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove
mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. [1 Corinth. 13:2]
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Date: 04 Feb 2007 21:31:51
From:
Subject: Re: Can anyone find this bike for me.
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In article <1170647973.095042.266490@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com >,
david.lunde@dectra.net says...
> There is a picture; if you go to
> Google images and search 'Rita Hayworth' on the first page of results
> (one of the last ones) you will see Rita on a peculiar looking
> bicycle. I want this bicycle. Can anyone tell me what this is? I
> have never seen it. It's like a vintage adult scooter. If anyone
> could help, that would be greatly appreciated.
It's not a bicycle, it's a scooter.
I can't quite make out the headtube badge, the shape of it is very
familiar but I'm drawing a blank on the brand. Can't remember who was
selling a modern version of those in the late '80s, cool but heavy.
Since many newsreaders won't bring up the URL with parentheses in it,
http://tinyurl.com/2wpo7m
--
josh@phred.org is Joshua Putnam
<http://www.phred.org/~josh/ >
Braze your own bicycle frames. See
<http://www.phred.org/~josh/build/build.html >
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