What the...! pt. 2

I wasn't originally going to do a post about this bike, since it has been all over the interwebs since it first appeared on the copenhagenize.com site.

Yes, it is what it looks like, a sperm bike. And yes, that is what is used for.

Nordisk Cryobank (European Sperm Bank)is one of Europe's leading sperm banks and the company was looking at environmentally-friendly alternatives to how they could transport their sperm samples to the fertility clinics around Greater Copenhagen.

Like I said, I wasn't going to post about this bike, until today.  Today, I went to SLC Bicycle Co. to talk to Brent, the owner when I saw the perfect wheels for the sperm bike.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

What the...?

This past week, I've been visiting family up in Northern California, and by "Northern California", I mean WAY northern - as in on the Oregon border.

One of the days, we decided to head across the border into the land of smugness (Portland is only the capital of bicycle smugness, it actually extends all the way through the state) to Ashland, Oregon. Mainly, because I wanted to add to my bike shop t-shirt collection, but also because it sounded like a nice day trip.

So, that was a lot of words to say that we were in Ashland, OR on Tuesday, hanging out in Lithia park. I was off with the kids in another part of the park when my wife saw a couple of people riding these:

Unfortunately, I had the camera, or she would have taken a picture for me. It's called a GlideCycle, apparently they are made in Ashland, and apparently my wife was talking to the creators of this contraption.

When I look at one of these, and when I watch the video on their website, only one thing comes to mind:

Addendum: I guess that my wife did get a picture with her phone. Go hon!

Trials riding on a carbon road bike.

If anyone tells you that you need a specific bike for a certain type of riding, show them this...