Just a matter of time before he throws the bike under a bus.

Maybe him and Michelle can fist pump it up.

re: #1 ccrnyc

Just a matter of time before he throws the bike under a bus.

I guess that means he still can't be on it when that happens?

Isn't riding on the sidewalk illegal?

Clueless in Chicago

Maybe he can put one of his speeches in the tube to fix it.

They are nothing but air.

And it's a "hybrid" bike - weak. Why am I not surprised?

-Proud Cannondale CAAD9 owner

It's a metaphor for how he'd run the country.

Is it just me, or does it look like he can barely keep it upright?

A portent for his campaign, hopefully?

BHG

re: #2 mikeinmd

Maybe him and Michelle can fist pump it up.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW.

Call home.

re: #8 Sharmuta

It's a metaphor for how he'd run the country.

It's not just me then.

How much did that ride cost the tax-payers for Secret Service protection?

nice fender

Is he actually towing something or is someone off-camera holding the bike up for him to take the pic?

re: #5 EC Marm

Clueless in Chicago

Yep. That sums it up.

re: #15 sadhu

nice fender

It's not a fender.

/he's towing something

re: #14 MandyManners

How much did that ride cost the tax-payers for Secret Service protection?

Wonderin' the same thing. Guessing the guy car to his left is in a suit.

What's in the trailer that we can't see?

CROPPED,
R

Gotta admit, though, that his balance is pretty good posing for that picture.

Is the back tire separated from the rim?

You know, I'm conflicted now...I was originally thinking he might be a bad person...but there is a growing body of evidence he may just be the biggest air-headed doofus to run for President in the history of our republic...

Can't I just ride on my flat tire?

Is he wearing dress socks with those running shoes?

Don't worry, he has plenty of hot air to fill that tire

That's a hitch for a kids' trailer. He should have taken it off, but probably didn't know how.

Woah a minute. In the zoomed view, it doesn't necessarily look like a flat tire to me. Are you sure it is flat? I think information may be being lost in the graininess.

re: #20 Render

What's in the trailer that we can't see?

CROPPED,
R

It's what's keeping him from tipping over sitting on a stationary bike.

re: #22 rc

Racist.

Elvis could pump it up.

Is that bar connected beneath his seat attached to a bicycle-for-two thing, or maybe a vehicle, the way they do in the movies? Wouldn't want him to fall... Like when they film a car chase, and the actors are really being towed by the camera truck...

Nah, the media wouldn't stage something like that.

re: #20 Render

What's in the trailer that we can't see?

CROPPED,
R

The bus. He might need to toss something under it at a moments notice.

re: #19 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Wonderin' the same thing. Guessing the guy car to his left is in a suit.

Yep.

Get Rev. Wright to pump it up. He's got a lot of hot air.

re: #27 My 2 Cents

Woah a minute. In the zoomed view, it doesn't necessarily look like a flat tire to me. Are you sure it is flat? I think information may be being lost in the graininess.

Yes, I'm sure. There are other pictures. Compare it to the front tire. It's flat.

Obama isn't frame centered in the posted picture.

That's cropped.

HIDDEN,
R

Isn't pulling the small sprocket from the small chainring the least efficient derailleur configuration?

Did his mommy wife make sure he had a hanky before he left on his widdle ride?

re: #26 Charles

That's a hitch for a kids' trailer. He should have taken it off, but probably didn't know how.

Probably not his bike. Just a photo op prop.

He should have gone on a bike ride with a Fat Tire. Yummy!

re: #14 MandyManners

How much did that ride cost the tax-payers for Secret Service protection?

How would the Secret Service even be able to provide adequate protection for such a jaunt? Case in point: Is the car in the background in the picture above a secret service vehicle? If not, whoa...

re: #26 Charles

It's a splash guard.

If he wins the general election, he'll be taking all of us for a ride, flat tire or no.

The tire is flat 'cuz the joooz stole all the air.

You know, 'cuz it's free ...

Ah...child carrier. Yup, that's likely it, but it would be a crack-up to see his bicycle journey was an AP set-up photo op...

Wait a minute, Obama as an "everyman"?... That IS the photo op!

(He plans a bike ride through all 57 states)

What a dork. Bowls like a three-year old. Dances worse than most white guys. Can't ride a bicycle.
With his bike helmet, reminds me of dukakis in the tank.

Oh, and he's also a condescending harvard lawyer who has never accomplished anything that didn't involve self-promotion and career advancement.

LOL. Wonder who he borrowed the faded denims from.

It's flat.

re: #42 Ciannaky

It's a splash guard.

/guess again

re: #40 Bob in Breckenridge

He should have gone on a bike ride with a

re: #42 Ciannaky

It's a splash guard.

Nope your right, damn contacts.

Charles:
You've got the later picture. Here's the one from early this morning.

re: #46 funkyfantom

With his bike helmet, reminds me of dukakis in the tank.

A metrosexual Michael.

re: #26 Charles

That's a hitch for a kids' trailer. He should have taken it off, but probably didn't know how.

Is he towing his bus?

re: #45 Son Of The Godfather

Ah...child carrier. Yup, that's likely it, but it would be a crack-up to see his bicycle journey was an AP set-up photo op...

Wait a minute, Obama as an "everyman"?... That IS the photo op!

(He plans a bike ride through all 57 states)

Here's a better shot.

What a dork.

It's one of these:

[Link: www.bicycletrailers.com...]

He's preparing to miraculously ferry every Obama voter on his handlebars to their local Whole Foods Market-- and even help them pay for their herpes cream-- even if his back is sore!

/believe!

re: #40 Bob in Breckenridge

Yummy... used to drink it up in Steamboat Springs.

Here's hoping that picture becomes a symbol of his presidential run.
DRINK.

I hope there are screen captures and archives of every single page of the Obama website.

re: #52 EC Marm

Charles:
You've got the later picture. Here's the one from early this morning.

LOL--you're SO clever!

You say black I say white
You say bark I say bite
You say shark I say hey man
Jaws was never my scene

In this pic, it's pretty clear the tire is flat.

re: #54 Bob in Breckenridge

Is he towing his bus?

LOL!

26

It's a jumpseat for Obamagirl.

re: #52 EC Marm

LOL

re: #52 EC Marm

Charles:
You've got the later picture. Here's the one from

re: #65 Catttt

26

It's a jumpseat for Obamagirl.

I want one

Not very ecologically minded. Flatulence promotes global warming.

re: #56 Charles

It's one of these:

[Link: www.bicycletrailers.com...]

...for Michelle?

re: #68 shug

I want one

A jumpseat or an Obamagirl?

re: #42 Ciannaky

It's a splash guard.

Unlikely.

re: #68 shug

I want one

A jumpseat or an Obamagirl?

#37
The smallest rear cog and largest chain ring would be the hardest to peddle. I am sure he doesn't know how the gears work given he's clueless about a flat. Harvard educated doofus about sums it up.

Yah! Bob FAT TIRE and summer--- it is gonna be a looonngg summer of Fat Tire with this going on, GOD save US from Obamessia

em>re: #40 Bob in Breckenridge

He should have gone on a bike ride with a

re: #55 MarkX

LOL... No training wheels either!... For the first time in her adult life, Michelle is proud of her husband.

*fist bump*

re: #71 Catttt

A jumpseat or an Obamagirl?

an obama girl jumpseat

re: #58 FQ Kafir

Yummy... used to drink it up in Steamboat Springs.

It's available just about everywhere, I saw it at stores in Chicago and by my brother's in Missouri.

re: #63 Sharmuta

In this pic, it's pretty clear the tire is flat.

It's also pretty clear that we have four cropped photos of him sitting on a bike with a flat tire. I bet he didn't "ride" more than five feet. I'm convinced the trailer is there to hold him up.

Echo, Catttt.

Dork '08

Barak Obama ... reporting for Doody.

re: #35 Charles

Ok, I just looked at the other photos as best I could. To me, it looks like the rear tire is a bit lower on air, but hardly flat. By "flat" do you mean completely flat, or just lower on air than it should be? If completely flat, then the picture is a hypocritical (although still not very important) photo-op. But if it is merely low on air, then this is hardly worthy of featuring. Just saying how it looks from here...

re: #39 Syrah

Probably not his bike. Just a photo op prop.

It's totally a photo op. Who goes bike riding in jeans?

Hey, that's a little under the belt

I want to ride it where I like!

re: #84 Sharmuta

It's totally a photo op. Who goes bike riding in jeans?

Not even John Kerry.

re: #83 My 2 Cents

Ok, I just looked at the other photos as best I could. To me, it looks like the rear tire is a bit lower on air, but hardly flat. By "flat" do you mean completely flat, or just lower on air than it should be? If completely flat, then the picture is a hypocritical (although still not very important) photo-op. But if it is merely low on air, then this is hardly worthy of featuring. Just saying how it looks from here...

Ok, that's your opinion. But I know a flat tire when I see one.

He's also wearing long pants without pants clips.

/just tempting that chain

Tire-gate!

(copyright 2008 by Son Of The Godfather)

re: #86 MandyManners

I want to ride it where I like!

Beat me to it. Dang.

In this photo, the brother seems to be scratching his head saying; WTF?

I'm not trying to pick on Obama's kids (I would hope y'all know me better than that), but what are their ages? Aren't they a little old to be towed?

re: #84 Sharmuta

It's totally a photo op. Who goes bike riding in jeans?

And, it's about 76!

re: #89 Killian Bundy

He's also wearing long pants without pants clips.

/just tempting that chain

He's pretty safe there; the front chainrings have one of those dorky chain guards on them.

re: #75 bcgirl

Yah! Bob FAT TIRE and summer--- it is gonna be a looonngg summer of Fat Tire with this going on, GOD save US from Obamessia

/If Obama wins, I'll be consuming mass quantities of Fat Tire.

re: #93 goddessoftheclassroom

I'm not trying to pick on Obama's kids (I would hope y'all know me better than that), but what are their ages? Aren't they a little old to be towed?

There's no one in there -- if his kids or anyone's kids were in that trailer it would be part of the photo op.

Now I can't get the image out of my head of Chris Matthews sniffing the seat.

I'm sorry, but these comments are just pathetic and spiteful. There is no good reason to criticise Obama for riding a bike. Maybe it is a publicity stunt, maybe he just wanted to go for a bike ride. If it is the latter, lay off the guy, it is just a bike ride, so what if he looks stupid. If it is the former, then don't 'dignify' the stunt by responding to it: it is just a banal bike ride.

re: #85 GregInSeattle

Hey, that's a little under the belt

He's little under the belt?

Do you know something we don't? /

re: #96 Bob in Breckenridge

bob, I just tried the vanilla porter from the breckenridge brewery last week.

but I do love a fat tire

Anyone that rides a bike for anything other than a 'photo op' knows that step one is check tire pressure. I usually take short hops of seven miles or so. If I have about 30 psi in my tires, I make it. Anything less, too much rolling resistance and I wear myself out. That rear tire has maybe 3 pounds of pressure in it. Or Oh'Bama weighs 300 pounds.

re: #98 Gagdad Bob

Now I can't get the image out of my head of Chris Matthews sniffing the seat.

Gosh, thanks. Now it's stuck in my head too.

re: #93 goddessoftheclassroom

I'm not trying to pick on Obama's kids (I would hope y'all know me better than that), but what are their ages? Aren't they a little old to be towed?

One was born in 1998, the other in 2001.

re: #93 goddessoftheclassroom

I'm not trying to pick on Obama's kids (I would hope y'all know me better than that), but what are their ages? Aren't they a little old to be towed?

Malia was born in 1998. Natasha in 2001. So yeah.

If he was going to borrow a bike, then couldn't he at least borrow some equipment from this dork?

re: #65 Catttt

26

It's a jumpseat for Obamagirl.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAaaaaaaaa what is it that the bikers call that little tiny seat on the back of some Harleys,,?

re: #99 GeorgetownPress

I'm sorry, but these comments are just pathetic and spiteful. There is no good reason to criticise Obama for riding a bike. Maybe it is a publicity stunt, maybe he just wanted to go for a bike ride. If it is the latter, lay off the guy, it is just a bike ride, so what if he looks stupid. If it is the former, then don't 'dignify' the stunt by responding to it: it is just a banal bike ride.

Snap out of it!

OT

Never Forget!

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

I don't agree with all of the lyrics...audio is poor as well, but it struck a cord with me as I was surfing and listening to "Hole In The World" by the Eagles on youtube.

re: #99 GeorgetownPress
Okay, Francis.

re: #99 GeorgetownPress

I'm sorry, but these comments are just pathetic and spiteful. There is no good reason to criticise Obama for riding a bike. Maybe it is a publicity stunt, maybe he just wanted to go for a bike ride. If it is the latter, lay off the guy, it is just a bike ride, so what if he looks stupid. If it is the former, then don't 'dignify' the stunt by responding to it: it is just a banal bike ride.

I thought the same thing, then I thought of the power of the image of Dukakis looking like a dork in a tank.

re: #98 Gagdad Bob

Now I can't get the image out of my head of Chris Matthews sniffing the seat.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

re: #89 Killian Bundy

What type of dork rides a bike in jeans?

I think the tire has plenty of air.
You'd look flat trying to support that ego, too.

re: #84 Sharmuta

It's totally a photo op. Who goes bike riding in jeans? In that helmet.

fixed.

re: #16 mbruce

No, he's towing a couple of crippled kids who can't get free health care......

re: #99 GeorgetownPress

I'm sorry, but these comments are just pathetic and spiteful. There is no good reason to criticise Obama for riding a bike. Maybe it is a publicity stunt, maybe he just wanted to go for a bike ride. If it is the latter, lay off the guy, it is just a bike ride, so what if he looks stupid. If it is the former, then don't 'dignify' the stunt by responding to it: it is just a banal bike ride.

Fantastic. Now I can go back to commenting on his swimming.

re: #72 Clemente

Did ya happen to read my mea culpa?

re: #111 GregInSeattle

I thought the same thing, then I thought of the power of the image of Dukakis looking like a dork in a tank.

That's why GeorgetownPress is upset.

re: #99 GeorgetownPress

Is that you, Chris?

re: #102 EC Marm

Tight butts drive me nuts.

re: #99 GeorgetownPress

Relax, it's harmless raggin' on the guy.
No one's gonna decide the presidency based on an awkward photo op.
If you don't like the comments,don't read' em.

re: #99 GeorgetownPress

Hey! F-you, Mary!
He looks pathetic, and according to Kos, image is Everything ...

re: #113 MarkX

What type of dork rides a bike in jeans?

I do, when it's 30 degrees outside. What is it, 90 degrees in Chicago today? He must have some 'chicken legs' he's trying to hide.

I'm wondering if he'd ever worn a bike helmet?

That's a nice bike helmet.

John McCain's helmet is still in Hanoi.

With his left foot he's pedaling with his instep.

re: #93 goddessoftheclassroom

I'm not trying to pick on Obama's kids (I would hope y'all know me better than that), but what are their ages? Aren't they a little old to be towed?

His younger daughter is just short of 7, so she may not be confident about riding on her own yet. I don't imagine she's had much opportunity to practice w/ her parents this past year.

At the alley he bowls gutter balls
His flat bike tire has mashed side walls
Yet forth he strides with ears unfurled
In hope of leading the Free World.

Had a trailercycle by Trek for my kids. So easy to use. Great product. Ummm...... it looks like he has stuff typical white people use and like.

re: #129 buzzsawmonkey

At the alley he bowls gutter balls
His flat bike tire has mashed side walls
Yet forth he strides with ears unfurled
In hope of leading the Free World.

BWAH!

9/11 page is down the memory hole. Time check.

/maybe time to check the others too