M o d e r n P e r s p e c t i v e s . c o m

Wow….can you believe I know the guy riding this thing? Yeah, neither can I…. Lay off the drugs Bob.

I had an interview of sorts with Bob, once I saw this monstrous beast…

Andrew: So Bob, what’s it like to ride this bike?
Bob: the seat is about 4 1/2 feet off the ground. It feels like your riding way up.
Andrew: I see, that is very nice indeed. Tell me, can you pop wheelies on that bike?
Bob: You can do little ones, but it’s not a good idea. It’s kind of easy to flip backwards given the extra length.

Here’s a little tale behind the name ‘Bullwinkle’ (that’s the name of the bike see)….
Bob: [My Girl] wouldn’t let me name it the Christopher Reeves. I was thinking superman, until she reminded me of the whole wheel chair thing.
I put some gloves on the handlebars to reduce the pain when I was walking into them, and that made it look “remarkably moose-like”, so it became bullwinkle.
Now it’s not in the hallway, so it’s not as much of problem.

And that, my friends is my first entry into the wonderful world of blogs.

Of course the chat really went like this:
Andrew: wtf is this thing?
Andrew: and is that you in the blurry picture?
Bob: Oh the bike.
Andrew: lol
Bob: That thing rules.
Bob: Jumping down.
Andrew: are you riding it?
Bob: Yep.
Bob: It’s so much fun.
Andrew: you guys might want to think about image size….tis a bit large
Andrew: is it like walking ?
Andrew: but faster?
Andrew: ha
Bob: Oh, the seat is about 4 1/2 feet off the ground.
Bob: It feels like your riding way up.
Andrew: sweet
Andrew: man, can you do wheelies on that?
Bob: You can do little ones, but it’s not a good idea.
Bob: It’s kind of easy to flip backwards given the extra length.
Andrew: is bullwinkle the name of the bike ?
Andrew: yeah, figured
Bob: Yep.
Andrew: sweet
Bob: and there’s a little story with it.
Andrew: you’re my first real entry in my blog Andrew: really?
Andrew: what’s that ?
Bob: haha
Bob: [My Girl] wouldn’t let me name it the Christopher Reeves. I was thinking superman, until she reminded me of the whole wheel chair thing.
Andrew: lol
Andrew: nice
Bob: I put some gloves on the handlebars to reduce the pain when I was walking into them, and that made it look “remarkably moose-like”, so it became bullwinkle.
Bob: Now it’s not in the hallway, so it’s not as much of a problem.
Andrew: hey, what happened to your hair? it looks like its gone….
Bob: Got it cut awhile back actually.
Bob: So not so long anymore.

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