Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

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JWestland in reply to @Scilly.Suffolk

Bloody foreigners being stuck in the 70s...

I'm too "young" for that, but I can't recall ever seeing it on Dutch bike pics, this was a UK thing too?

I'm just curious. Seems such a random thing to do :)

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gbj_tester in reply to @JWestland

this was a UK thing too?

They have been seen in the UK, but the USA has two (related) names for them, bum bars and hobo bars, so they are obviously quite a thing on their side of the ditch. If you google 'guidon vagabonde' you get German lesbian handlebars, so there seems to be some kind of connection albeit that the French welfare state provides the homeless with new bars whereas American tramps have to put up with inverted drops.

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withered_preacher in reply to @gbj_tester

Up north we had no formal name for them unless it was two-four bars; this referred to them providing a better platform on which to balance 24 stubbies, the largest box of beers you could buy at the time. Or at least the largest you could easily balance on those bars.

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