Overloaded bike pics…

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Overloaded bike pics…

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I'll start off with this one… :shock:
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So - is that you in the piccy? :lol:

I'm sure someone will beat that before long. I've been puzzling a bit over what the guy is carrying: they look like bundles of fruit of the oil palm but seem a bit dried-out. Maybe someone else will correct me?

While in Indonesia we saw several guys, on bikes, carrying huge bundles of cassava leaves - several times larger than the bike itself. Rather like in your piccy but I'm not sure if I have a photo. We had it explained to us that the leaves (which vaguely resemble hemp leaves :shock: ) are mainly used for animal fodder, for which they are a valuable side-crop.
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The one that always amazes me is this one: imagine if he hit a pothole....ouch!

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This guy is taking things to eggstremes if you ask me
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LollyKat wrote:The one that always amazes me is this one: imagine if he hit a pothole....ouch!

It'll be a lurvly mobilehome one day :mrgreen:
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Does that include trailers :shock:
In Somerset i have seen a guy towing a fridge freezer home having just been to currys, and someone else towing 2 homemade trailers made from old tea chests with 27" wheels.
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:lol:


How about this one, by Cartier Bresson?

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Five toe straps for a pair of wheels and two pairs of tyres for five miles across Bristol, carefully.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-35870057
More proof - as if any were needed - that all you need camera-wise is a phone. ;-) See also the '12 London Olympics captured by iPhone.
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I like his style, four crates of beer on his bike :D

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simonineaston wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-35870057
More proof - as if any were needed - that all you need camera-wise is a phone. ;-) See also the '12 London Olympics captured by iPhone.


Err.. If your idea of pictures is a badly exposed photo like that I would agree.

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Just in case he/she misses the ferry?

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I think the bricks have it presently - amazing! Any more?

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How about this guy?
Ok, it's a video, but still... http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/weird ... DmHro60.97
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LollyKat wrote:The one that always amazes me is this one: imagine if he hit a pothole....ouch!

If he hit a pothole, he would fill it with bricks, thus fixing the pothole. He's a clearly some sort of roving genius highways engineer.
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