Spotted this cool thing.

[Con]

Ok I hope this pic loads. We went for a ride along the cauldon canal last night and stopped at a pub with this cool bike outside. It's called a lowrider and I personally have never seen one before but now I want one

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Those are a thing in the US and ridden by adults and teenagers alike. Not ridden as much as cruised and posed. The one in the photo is an off-the-shelf one but there are people who make custom lowriders and cruisers and spend an awful lot of tie on them too. Some makers are incredibly skilled and every single component on the bike is detailed to the nth degree. Spare a thought for the poor wheelbuilder who has to lace 140 spokes and then somehow turn a spoke spanner within the small gaps between spokes.

 

[Cycleops]

You see loads of these down here. Not many are as intricate and convoluted as that though. I suspect as soon as a newer design is available the old one is disposed of.

You can bet the owner lived nearby.

 

[Mrs M]

Comes in trike version too

 

[steveindenmark]

There is no accounting for taste

 

[rogerzilla]

Thery're the exception to the rule that you need tangential spokes in a rear wheel. With 144 spokes, even radial spoking can transmit enough torque without winding up too far!