I think this is an awesome bike...

I take the opposite viewpoint on this velocipede 'thing.'

What is a velocipede and what is this velocipede 'thing?'

What the French originally called a bicycle....hence velodrome....and it looks to me as a bicycle thing.......Is this developing into a polemic?

tis dope no doubt

velocipede in russian actually means "bicycle" and I'm sure it is in many other languages.

velocipede in russian actually means "bicycle" and I'm sure it is in many other languages.

Up to the First World War....Russia and France had strong political and cultural links...they were allies..the French invested millions of Francs in the Russian economy.....so it is not surprising that a French word...ie velocipede should end up in the russian language verbatim....so yes velocipede may be a Russian word now but its origins are French......moreover 'velo'.....has made its way into the English language.....not just velodrome [cycle track]......but many UK cycle clubs have the term 'velo' in it.......tis still a horrible bike!

What is a velocipede and what is this velocipede 'thing?'

French word, but its origins are Latin. *Velox *- swift, *ped *- foot
Didn't they teach you Latin at school? What is the world coming to....? rolls eyes

Thanks for clearing that one up... :D

I figured that Velocipede was a cool word for homebrew DIY bikes like 'Tall Bikes' that I hadn't heard before and I didn't want to sound uncool outside of this thread. Turns out it's a **Latin **word with roots deep in history.

Back to the subject at hand, if that bike had been finished a little better, especially at the two joins between the bottom bracket and the rear triangle, it would truly be a work of art. Considering the geometry of the bike I currently ride, I have a strange appreciation of long bikes.

Up to the First World War....Russia and France had strong political and cultural links...they were allies..the French invested millions of Francs in the Russian economy.....so it is not surprising that a French word...ie velocipede should end up in the russian language verbatim....so yes velocipede may be a Russian word now but its origins are French......moreover 'velo'.....has made its way into the English language.....not just velodrome [cycle track]......but many UK cycle clubs have the term 'velo' in it.......tis still a horrible bike!

and yeah, velodrome in russian is "velo drom" as well, which like velocipede, you are most likely right came into the language from discovering bicycles in france by the russians.

Is that a handbrake? Please say it's a handbrake.

Invisible chain?.....do Stronglight or TA still make them?.....Handbrake....looks like it but could be an optical illusion.

As for latin.....they don't tend to teach that at a Jewish school...perhaps too many papal/catholic overtones.....French...yes!....hence knowing velocipede is a French word.....and as French is a Romantic [not kissy kissy....of Roman origin]......it is fairly obvious that its rooTs would be in Latin.......Ars longa....vita brevis!!

Is that a handbrake? Please say it's a handbrake.

I think it's definitely a handbrake.

Handbrake, but what is the brakepad? To my weird eye is looks like a baby doll's head.
Either I'm sick, or the designer of this bike is..

To my weird eye is looks like a baby doll's head.

Yea i see it to... Creepy

Yea i see it to... COOL!!!!

Fixed!

Matt i'll do you a frame like that one if you want, it looks like a rush job . i've got an old stretched postie frame i did years ago loitering in undergrowth in me garden

Matt i'll do you a frame like that one if you want, it looks like a rush job . i've got an old stretched postie frame i did years ago loitering in undergrowth in me garden

Ooooooh, maybe not that exactly, but I've got a design for a stretched 50s Schwinn Cruiser that I'd love to show you some time. Not one of the new modern copies, a proper 50s skinny tube model. I could never afford it right now, but one day..... one day!