Don’t Diss the Wally World Machine
by Moe
I was reading my monthly issue of Bicycling Magazine and stumbled upon an article about two guys buying a $53 Wally World Bike and converting it to race the Texas State Time Trial Championships.
Here’s a reason why they are doing this:
To remind themselves and everyone that we all took our first wobbling rides on bikes like these and sometimes we forget that with our 2k to 10k carbon titanium fancy pants bikes. We are bridging the gap and having fun.
For their story, check out www.teamroadmeister.com
[...] A little while ago I wrote a post about a couple of guys converting a Wal-Mart Roadmaster into a Time Trial Bicycle. (Click Here for the previous post). Well, the results are in! The Wally World Bike and its pilot placed 40th out of 50. What does this prove? That cheap parts work good enough to do a Time Trial with a time of 1:10:08. (And 10 riders with a red face) // Used for showing and hiding user information in the comment form function ShowUtils() { document.getElementById(“authorinfo”).style.display = “”; document.getElementById(“showinfo”).style.display = “none”; document.getElementById(“hideinfo”).style.display = “”; } function HideUtils() { document.getElementById(“authorinfo”).style.display = “none”; document.getElementById(“showinfo”).style.display = “”; document.getElementById(“hideinfo”).style.display = “none”; } [...]