Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

Yup, it's bad form to walk into a shop with your shoes on

Oh! Ok!

Rod brake single speed cargo trikes are ubiquitous in Kathmandu

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The thickness of those spokes!

Yeah, check out the back ones. Solid square rod.

"Seat stays" are rebar too

Jesus Christ that thing must weigh more than a car!

https://youtu.be/8IrIiG5wDeY

Rod brake single speed cargo trikes are ubiquitous in Kathmandu

They're also usually fixed too, as a freewheel is a bit of a luxury.

Yup. I have no idea whether rod brakes are any good but combining steel rims and that much weight behind you gives a stopping distance of miles. The traffic/driving is bonkers so all together it's terrifying prospect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p2zgpJGnMk

Translation 'De eerlijke brommer' (dutch); The fair moped.

I think that one had a freewheel. There was a surprising number of relatively nice bikes, with modern disk brakes and stuff as well. And lots of 26" retro MTB > single speed conversions similar to this:

Everything function > form, didn't see any silly low-spoke-count wheels or narrow tyres or weenie stuff or anything flimsy. My kinda bikes

Oh wow.

That poor police man around 0:45 - probably standing there and giving instructions all day, while everybody is just doing what the fuck they want!
: D

Love all the oldschool and colourful trucks..

Prob re

Not a retro mtb or a single speed conversion.

Just a shit singlespeed.

Thanks for letting me know.

Thanks for the cool story

Savage

Is that an All City? Seat tube clamp looks familiar

Is that an All City?

Space Horse indeed.

Bad day or something?

WI cranks, should have known it was from prolly

My functional build is almost complete. Vagabond, 650b x 60, fat guards, rack and dynamo lights.

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Mmm, that wide tyres and still able to mount full guards... Makes me want this frameset even more. Though with Pickenflick already in my stable there would be too many adventure bikes, I need more diversity between the builds (like Vagabond in commuter+adventure role possibly with two wheelsets and pure road bike for speed).

GB guards, right? The front guard seems way longer than my 26" ones, at the bottom. Looking good!

this is great.