http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Truss bridge bike? en Wed, 13 May 2026 04:16:53 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8209#post-87603 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:44:20 +0000 crowriver 87603@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Never heard of it? Was it not mentioned in a previous thread when Mr SRD was looking for a new bike? I seem to recall it was. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8209#post-87600 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 21:27:22 +0000 chdot 87600@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Pashley is of course a 'fake'. </p> <p>The real thing folds in half. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8209#post-87596 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 20:00:09 +0000 SRD 87596@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bingo! I think iratesheep wins the (nonexistant) prize*. It's a while back now,but i'm pretty ure you've got it. Chap who rides it works in the military, so that fits.</p> <p>I knew someone on the forum would know. I'd never heard of the parabike. But I see there is <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/para-bike-/271080135924?pt=UK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Other_Vehicle_Parts_Accessories_ET&amp;hash=item3f1da29cf4">one</a> of some vintage on ebay and this <a href="http://www.pashley.co.uk/news/2011/07/the-parabike-is-back/">announcement</a> from Pashley. </p> <p>Now Im wondering if the one I saw was an original wartime one or not.</p> <p>*That' th second prize you've won! wonder if we can get laidback to donate the usual. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8209#post-87595 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 19:06:52 +0000 Iratesheep 87595@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was it a Parabike of some sort?</p> <p>Pashley does one, in green.</p> <p><img src="http://traditionalcycleshop.co.uk/files/image/Parabike-large.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8209#post-87592 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 15:52:42 +0000 crowriver 87592@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's an unusual beast. Those front forks! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8209#post-87564 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:13:41 +0000 retrodirect 87564@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's a rather beautiful Jones mountainbike which I have seen around. Not green though. Silver titanium unless it's been painted?</p> <p><img src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/photos/uncategorized/2008/09/25/tenbikes_092508_jmm_0241.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8209#post-87562 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:09:28 +0000 SRD 87562@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No, it wasn't but well spotted. that doesn't look like the one spotted here occassionally on Dakeith road. (sorry my original description was obviously very bad). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8209#post-87560 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:04:49 +0000 retrodirect 87560@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <br /> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8209#post-87505 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:25:51 +0000 crowriver 87505@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Possibly the very similar Electra Cruiser?</p> <p><a href="http://www.bikes2udirect.com/B4739.html?mv_pc=gp1"><img src="http://www.bikes2udirect.com/bikes_html/images/items/B4739.jpg"></a></p> <p>Or this unbranded equivalent?</p> <p><a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/26-New-Beach-Cruiser-Bicycle-Bike-26B29BL-/320993347600#vi-content"><img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/t/26-New-Beach-Cruiser-Bicycle-Bike-26B29BL-/00/s/NTk5WDg5OQ==/$(KGrHqR,!pQFBW7(RnWPBQ,Z0GJ5Cw~~60_1.JPG"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8209#post-87502 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:18:01 +0000 SRD 87502@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Searching 'men's upright bike' led me to <a href="http://www.langtoninfo.co.uk/showitem_imagedetail.aspx?isbn=B004TJD97O">this pic</a> , which while not the bike i saw, suggests to me that I must have seen an older model Schwinn. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8209#post-81775 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 22:02:46 +0000 SRD 81775@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>thanks arellcat! </p> <p>the one I saw was sort of half-way between a truss bridge, and a pederson/moulton cross, with fewer angles (more curves). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8209#post-81774 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 22:00:19 +0000 Arellcat 81774@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Truss bridge bicycles were popular(ish) in the very early 1900s and take their name from the similarity (if not really of the design itself) from the truss arch bridge; think Ironbridge, rather than Sydney Harbour. Iver Johnson was the main manufacturer back then.</p> <p>The only modern creations I can dig up are made by Ant Bicycles in Massachusetts. The one SRD might have seen would perhaps be their <a href="http://antbikemike.wordpress.com/bicycle-catagories/light-roadster-2/">Truss Roadster</a>.</p> <p>More on <a href="http://lovelybike.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/truss-lust.html">Lovely Bicycle!</a> blog. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8209#post-81759 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:10:41 +0000 SRD 81759@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8209#post-81756 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:06:05 +0000 Roibeard 81756@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm not sure of the arched frame, but the truss bridge description suggests a <a href="http://www.moultonbicycles.co.uk/">Moulton</a>.</p> <p><img src="http://www.moultonbicycles.co.uk/images/models/DoubleP_Main.gif"></p> <p>No?</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8209#post-81720 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 22:27:42 +0000 SRD 81720@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Saw a bike today and foolishly didn't take a pic. Lovely green colour, oldfashioned looking solid men's bike, with an arched frame similar to the truss bridge bikes, but more swoopy. Anyone know what it might have been? I'm sure I've seen a picture of one like it before. </p>