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Bigwheel 7 [Mon, 9-Apr-2007 5:33 AM]
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Why I love this town: today a bunch of maniacs raced bigwheels down Lombard Street.

Update: Links to many more photos and videos here.

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[User Picture]From: [info]nemesisbecoming
Mon, 9-Apr-2007 12:59 PM (UTC)

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It's only legit if they had that side lever that made them go into a spin.

That's how you race a Big Wheel.
[User Picture]From: [info]gnat23
Mon, 9-Apr-2007 2:21 PM (UTC)

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Mine featured the handbrake, but at home point in adulthood, your ass is just barely between the back wheels as it is, and reaching that lever is something of an ergonomic nightmare.
[User Picture]From: [info]nidea
Mon, 9-Apr-2007 2:12 PM (UTC)

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wow! I love the variety of costumes.
[User Picture]From: [info]lindseykuper
Mon, 9-Apr-2007 4:06 PM (UTC)

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Man. In Portland, every week a bunch of maniacs barrel down a hill on kids' bikes, but that looks more awesome.
[User Picture]From: [info]speedracr
Mon, 9-Apr-2007 4:43 PM (UTC)

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Dude. The chick with the pink hair and helmet TOTALLY has the Knight Rider big wheel I had when I was a kid.

I wanna doooo this haha
[User Picture]From: [info]jorm
Mon, 9-Apr-2007 6:52 PM (UTC)

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She actually had purchased a glowing LED cylon-esque light to mount onto the hood but we ended up leaving it at home.

(That's my wife, and I'm totally happy about this photo, as I wasn't able to get a good one due to wonkage with the camera I had.)
[User Picture]From: [info]speedracr
Mon, 9-Apr-2007 6:57 PM (UTC)

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haha that would've made my week! Wherever did you find that sucker, anyway??
[User Picture]From: [info]nightrider
Tue, 10-Apr-2007 4:19 AM (UTC)

Speaking of Knight Rider...

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[User Picture]From: [info]down8
Sun, 23-Mar-2008 3:34 PM (UTC)

Totally late to /this/ party

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I had the Knight Rider BW, too. Busted the the neck going off sweet jumps (AKA the curb). Such a sad day.... Luckily I still had my A-Team van & G.I. Joes to go play with.

-bZj
[User Picture]From: [info]vespa59
Mon, 9-Apr-2007 5:26 PM (UTC)

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This was my first year actually riding. Holy shit there were like ten times as many people as last year! I'm happy/proud to report that I am uninjured.
[User Picture]From: [info]matt_od
Mon, 9-Apr-2007 6:07 PM (UTC)

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ah sweet. you got a pretty good one of me in action. thanks for posting these!
[User Picture]From: [info]invdaic
Mon, 9-Apr-2007 8:04 PM (UTC)

Helmet cams

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I'm going to be very disappointed if the videos from the helmet cams don't show up on youtube.
[User Picture]From: [info]owen
Mon, 9-Apr-2007 9:38 PM (UTC)

Re: Helmet cams

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[User Picture]From: [info]howie_d_rivet
Mon, 9-Apr-2007 8:30 PM (UTC)

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Last time i did one of these with the East Bay Rats motorcycle club the Fuzz threatened us with jail time. the EBRMC does this every couple of months. tons of fun.
[User Picture]From: [info]belgand
Mon, 9-Apr-2007 10:14 PM (UTC)

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Dammit... I knew I was forgetting something.
[User Picture]From: [info]nightrider
Tue, 10-Apr-2007 4:17 AM (UTC)

K, BUT SRSLY:

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Jon Brumit has updated the BYOBW website saying that there was quite a bit of damage done to the gardens on Lombard Street by race fans and that he’s asking for donations to cover the expenses or else he will have to cover it himself. So if you had a good time at the races and want to support what all of Jon’s hard work to make them happen, please consider making a donation so that he will be able to continue to do them in the future.</p>
[User Picture]From: [info]endico
Tue, 10-Apr-2007 7:32 AM (UTC)

more

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