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cassa
08-23-2011, 02:23 PM
... for riding in an earthquake?

:)
Idris Icabod
08-23-2011, 02:29 PM
What magnitude?
Fishbike
08-23-2011, 02:38 PM
Carbon fiber. In a plane.
Kevan
08-23-2011, 02:40 PM
What size, Mic?
Wilkinson4
08-23-2011, 02:44 PM
What magnitude?

But would it plane? magnesium!

mIKE
cat6
08-23-2011, 03:12 PM
Full suspension MTB. Won't feel a thing.
veloduffer
08-23-2011, 03:14 PM
One with a lot of shimmy, as long as the shimmy is counter to the quake movement. :p
christian
08-23-2011, 03:15 PM
Blimp. Regular size envelope, so it planes.
Ozz
08-23-2011, 04:03 PM
frame material is not important....start with wider tires. :beer:
Joachim
08-23-2011, 04:07 PM
This is what you need...
bicycletricycle
08-23-2011, 04:18 PM
trials bike for the aftermath
67-59
08-23-2011, 04:31 PM
Something that's stiff, yet compliant.
echappist
08-23-2011, 04:35 PM
Something that's stiff, yet compliant.
took 11 posts to get to this one?

i was riding my Lynskey while this earthquake purported struck. I didn't feel anything, so i'm going with Ti.
Fixed
08-23-2011, 05:12 PM
bamboo

imho
cheers
edl
08-23-2011, 05:32 PM
Something that's stiff, yet compliant.

Damn, beat me to it. Always a little slow...I must've been riding steel.
steampunk
08-23-2011, 05:34 PM
bamboo


not interested unless it is organic and fair trade.
texbike
08-23-2011, 05:40 PM
Paper mache frame with styrofoam disk wheels would be my choice. I'd fill the frame with candy in case it broke. The pinata-esque experience would make a cracked frame worthwhile.

Texbike
dave thompson
08-23-2011, 05:44 PM
Paper mache frame with styrofoam disk wheels would be my choice. I'd fill the frame with candy in case it broke. The pinata-esque experience would make a cracked frame worthwhile.

Texbike
+1! WWW.Pinatabikes.com
pavel
08-23-2011, 06:06 PM
whatever it is, it must have a beefy bottom bracket.
biker72
08-23-2011, 06:35 PM
Carbotanium
12 sp electric shift
12 spoked wheels
Elefantino
08-23-2011, 09:12 PM
bamboo
Because it is made from nature's material you would feel the quake before it actually happened, just about at the same time as the birds and cats and gerbils all start going crazy.
dave thompson
08-23-2011, 09:16 PM
Because it is made from nature's material you would feel the quake before it actually happened, just about at the same time as the birds and cats and gerbils all start going crazy.
You have a Gerbil? WWW.Gerbilbikes.com
retrogrouchy
08-30-2011, 08:37 PM
... for riding in an earthquake?

:)

Silly rabbit, that would be steel, of course. It's the wonder material. :banana: