Insane: 1. legally considered as psychiatrically disordered; 2. lacking reasonable thought

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So this is why some people hate cyclists :( ... to think, I thought the haters were being unreasonable.
Totally, RG; it's imbeciles like that, that give cyclists a bad name in some of our urbane and rural areas.

Certainly, not the way to "Live long and prosper!" - IMHO it's a totally self-centered and irresponsible lifestyle.
 
This stuff ain't nothing new. From the 1949 Schwinn catalog:

1949_18.jpg

That must be a custom built Schwinn. Custom fork, weird cranks, no sprockets, no chain, and no chain stays...
schwinn.jpg
 
Looking at a couple of still pictures of his bike and ramp, I don't think those are "cranks" as much as they are "footpegs."

waterfordbikes.com had the previous page of that 1949 catalog: http://waterfordbikes.com/SchwinnCat/flschwinn_1941_1950/1949_17.html

...which included his full name of "Pee Jay Ringens" and Google helped me find this photo AND A VIDEO of him doing his signature stunt: riding down a ramp, soaring 80 feet or so through the air, and landing in a small and relatively shallow (3 to 4 feet deep) pool of water!

ST LOUIS '41 pejay ringens.jpg



The video also includes some pretty good, full-screen views of the bike being hoisted up to the top of the ramp: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/...es-from-bicycle-into-3-news-footage/504249921
 
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