Last week I posted about absurd helmets that made me uncomfortable! It is wonderful to post something truly absurd this week that hopefully anyone can appreciate. In a world of carbon this and carbon that it is so wonderful to see this bike that made a few headlines recently. No I have not been luckily enough to actually see it, so I am relaying on what I have seen online to make any form of comment. So if you have not seen it I am posting a great little video from Bikeradar to give you the low down…

One a completely different note last week end I was at an antique fair when I can across a pretty 3 speed Alberty Cycles 3 speed vintage bike. On examination it wouldn’t have taken a huge effort for a basic restoration and I was tempted… til I heard the price.. 1200 euros.. The dealer said he bought it as an object d’art and he was right in that it was so super pretty but who is going to spend that much for something largely unfunctional unless you put the work in? The 3 speed fascinated me.. perhaps an article later on the evolution of bike gears is in order? Let me know in the comments. Needless a couple of nice shots…