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help identifying a bike called a "huckleberry"
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flag doolop
Posted: Aug 11, 2008 at 19:53 Quote
I was in the lift lines at whistler today and i saw this really really wierd bike, it was honey color and on the side was written huckleberry i think, the wierd part about this bike was that it had a 3rd sideways disc brake under the seat post, and a 2nd headtube connecting the rear end of the bike, almost as if it swiveled. Anyone know what this bike is? ive done some googling and cant seem to come up with anything
flag ezekiel
Posted: Aug 11, 2008 at 19:57 Quote
The only bike I've ever seen that has a swiveling back end is a swing bike but those were deemed unsafe decades ago.

Was the back end similar to this?

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I'm definitely interested in this.
flag doolop
Posted: Aug 11, 2008 at 19:59 Quote
no it was nothing like that, it was a very modern bike too.
flag doolop
Posted: Aug 11, 2008 at 20:12 Quote
Ok, i have drawn up in paint to the best of memory what it looked like. note the positioning of the middle disc.

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flag Cyclist-Abuse
Posted: Aug 11, 2008 at 20:12 Quote
Could you make a sketch of it? Sounds interesting.

EDIT: Woah, thats strange, you must have read my mind Razz
flag Cyclist-Abuse
Posted: Aug 11, 2008 at 20:14 Quote
doolop wrote:
Ok, i have drawn up in paint to the best of memory what it looked like. note the positioning of the middle disc.

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/9715/13928796lj0.jpg
EDIT: Looks interesting... somehow you beat me to it again Confused I was going to post it for you and it popped up.
flag ezekiel
Posted: Aug 11, 2008 at 20:17 Quote
Cyclist-Abuse wrote:
doolop wrote:
Ok, i have drawn up in paint to the best of memory what it looked like. note the positioning of the middle disc.

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/9715/13928796lj0.jpg
EDIT: Looks interesting... somehow you beat me to it again Confused I was going to post it for you and it popped up.

I fixed it for him.
flag joefrommonroe
Posted: Aug 11, 2008 at 20:20 Quote
maybe it was homebuilt? i've never heard of them before, could be a bike made somewhere in europe too.
flag Kowan
Posted: Sep 15, 2008 at 21:32 Quote
I saw the guy jumping it at the airdome, they are made to turn really well!!! If you look in my pics you can see a picture of the bike. ITS CRAZY
flag ezekiel
Posted: Sep 15, 2008 at 21:38 Quote
Since most people are lazy.

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Cool to finally see a picture of one, definitely a lot of thought went into that system.
flag DavidMakalaster
Posted: Sep 15, 2008 at 21:39 Quote
Kowan wrote:
I saw the guy jumping it at the airdome, they are made to turn really well!!! If you look in my pics you can see a picture of the bike. ITS CRAZY

Holy crap man. The second disc keeps it from pivoting. I'll bet he has it setup to unlock when he pulls the lever.
flag daaneel
Posted: Sep 15, 2008 at 21:49 Quote
damn dude thats hella complicated took me about 5 mins to figure it out, wouldnt it be hard controlling that thing when it does pivot?
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Posted: Sep 15, 2008 at 22:02 Quote
i met that guy at the whistler skatepark during crankworx. he said that hes working on making another one thats lighter.
flag creamsoda
Posted: Sep 16, 2008 at 6:01 Quote
i guess it makes it crazy for carving, although it looks like you have to hold on to the front brake the entire time when you don't want it to pivot???

or you only hold the brake to release the disc and pivot... is there some sort of limiter on how much the frame can pivot?

hopefully the designer is on some sort of forum or operates a website that gives us more insight into it...
flag neon-freerider
Posted: Sep 16, 2008 at 6:22 Quote
that is the weirdest frame of all time... holy crap..
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