Happy Friday Pictures; AKA English BadAssery

[AngryScientist]

Man, there is some seriously cool stuff coming from English. I dont even like tandems, but you can't ignore the coolness of this one:



and this double leftie thing. incredible!



get out of the way trek/spec/giant, get your aero here....






i can only imagine the hours of design, imagination, engineering and detail work that go into some of these, but it's damned impressive.

[cderalow]

i can't imagine being down on the aero bars as the stoker on that tandem. your face has to be in the crack of the captain.

[andeww]

^ yup, thats true love

[Look585]

[R3awak3n]

English on another league, that tandem is cray-z

[PQJ]

Er, the middle one is interesting. The tandem is fugly. Plus, you'd think the builder would have more sense than to stick the #2 rider's face in the #1 rider's arsehole.

[MattTuck]

Originally Posted by R3awak3n

English on another league, that tandem is cray-z

Not knowing much about tandems, that chainwheel in the back looks quite large.

[Lewis Moon]

Originally Posted by PQJ

Er, the middle one is interesting. The tandem is fugly. Plus, you'd think the builder would have more sense than to stick the #2 rider's face in the #1 rider's arsehole.

Long tradition there:

[donevwil]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

I saw this one at NAHBS and now wish I had looked at it more closely. Disc, belt and cog outside the chainstay? Hub separate from disc & cog? A ton of thought, prep and customization on this one, wow!

[d_douglas]

Mad engineering and fabrication skills, but there is some part of me that says 'I just wish it was a plain ol bike'.

He bikes are polarizing to me - some are stunning looking and some look overdesigned and ugly. All look pretty fragile, in my opinion.

One cannot dispute his spirit for innovation though and I love that.

[MattTuck]

Originally Posted by d_douglas

Mad engineering and fabrication skills, but there is some part of me that says 'I just wish it was a plain ol bike'.

He bikes are polarizing to me - some are stunning looking and some look overdesigned and ugly. All look pretty fragile, in my opinion.

One cannot dispute his spirit for innovation though and I love that.

Babe Ruth struck out 16% of the time...

Don't let the fear of striking out get in your way.

[retrofit]

Beautiful bikes to be sure, especially on their website.

Love the sky blue of the double-left, but a single speed carbon drive with disk brakes?

https://youtu.be/V5bolkf9HWY

[charliedid]

Rob is a great designer and fabricator.

His time at Bike Friday was also rather unique and off the beaten path.

[Elefantino]

This aero one caught my eye a couple of months ago.

Rob is amazing.

[weisan]

Originally Posted by charliedid

Rob is a great designer and fabricator.

His time at Bike Friday was also rather unique and off the beaten path.

Yeah, the first time I heard about Rob pal was the weight weenie 18-Ib Bike Friday Tikit that he modified. I have a tikit at that time too so that got me pretty intrigued.



Rob sounds like someone who likes to solve puzzles and overcome difficult challenges. When 99% of us say, "why?", he says, "why not?!"