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good grief, do you remember Sissy Bars? How the hell they got that name I don't know, however, here's an even worse application of them

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 Tell me that's not just a moronic thing to put on a kids bike. A sissy bar, also called a "sister bar" and sometimes "passenger backrest" is an addition to the rear of a bicycle or motorcycle that allows the rider or passenger to recline against it while riding. Thanks Steve! Thanks Gary! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sissy_bar

The Bilbao Downhill, Spanish Open 2018

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Biking vs people and interference from race officials

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Antoine Boulard riding downhill, without holding the handlebars (thanks Marcin!)

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Antoine Boulard, a French biker who decided to head down a path in Queenstown (New Zealand) without putting his hands on the handlebars. https://www.todomountainbike.net/art/espectacular-descenso-sin-manos-de-antoine-boulard-en-un-sendero-de-queenstown He's known for a video series, and a lot of downhill mountain biking on just the back wheel

Bicycling across the desert, the GAES Titan Desert by Garmin in Morocco

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https://solobici.es/fotos-titan-desert-2018-paisajes/

Annie Oakley had a bicycle! Annie Oakley could ride her bike no-handed while shooting at targets

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She designed her riding costume herself; hooking her skirt to her leggings so it wouldn’t ride up as she pedaled her bike with both hands on her rifle shooting targets. Her first wheel was a 35 pound woman’s “Premier” bicycle that she bought in Glasgow. The press began calling her the “Little Cycling Sure Shot.” She took to riding enthusiastically – riding errands in London, touring in the morning when she had the time, and planning tricks for her show that would incorporate her bike. http://www.timidfutures.com/2013/03/world-fair-wednesday-buffalo-bills-wild-west-show-chicago-1893/ http://murdochmysteriesfans.proboards.com/thread/1377/bicycles-wheelmen-wheelwomen-day

Frank Lenz declared he would ride around the world solo, in 1892

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Lenz chose to go from east to west, leaving in 1892. He vanished in Turkey in 1894, most likely killed by bandits in a dangerous part of the region. The bike was a 57 pound Victor I doubt his tires were worth a 1000 miles, and no way he could get inner tubes once he left the biggestr cities on railroad trunk lines http://murdochmysteriesfans.proboards.com/thread/1377/bicycles-wheelmen-wheelwomen-day