#Icycle diaries signed by david byrne full size
It runs full size mountain bike wheels and folds around the seat tube with a quick release holding the rear triangle in place. The bike itself is a Montague folder – the auction doesn't say what model but the skinny stays and rigid fork suggest it's a CX Comfort model, or its historical equivalent. I just rode it all around Roma, and no problems - but watch out for those scooters!" It's well-made, though not as lightweight as some. If the front wheel is removed with a quick release, it will fit into a small car trunk or taxi. I changed the original handlebar stem to one that goes a bit higher, for better city riding. "The frame folds in half easily, in seconds, which allows the bike to go into the luggage compartment of a tour bus, or the back of a van or hatchback car. If I were a sentimental guy, it would hold sentimental value - but for me personally it would be nicer if that sentimental value were transferred to cash money that will be donated to the London Cycling Campaign, an appropriate cause. The bike up for grabs is very well travelled, having visited such cities as London, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Istanbul, Manila, New York, San Francisco, and Rome.ĭavid Byrne says of the bike : "It's been around the world about four times and surprisingly, it's all still working, though it's scratched up, rusty in spots and there are pieces of travel stickers all over the center post (Manila and Roma are still pretty much intact). Byrne has been a keen cyclist since the 1980s, taking a bike with him on tour as the best way to see the cities he was visiting. The former Talking Heads star has put his machine up for auction after living with it for many years on tour – it's the bike he was riding for most of the time he was writing his new book, the part-manifesto, part-memoir Bicycle Diaries. you would be surprised at the number of people in these parts who are nearly half people and half bicycles." – So writes Flann O'Brien in The Third Policeman, and if it's true then you're in with a chance of winning part of legendary artist David Byrne this week on Ebay. get their personalities mixed up with the personalities of their bicycle. "People who spent most of their natural lives riding iron bicycles.