rundown of Michigan's riser
Things Cooler Than Football: Tandem Bikes
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This morning on gchat:
Brian: wait... tandem bike?
me: yes
Brian: i think i'm going to need that transcribed and put in a separate post.
me: haha okay
Brian: thank you.
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via Jake Ryan's Twitter account: Graham Glasgow on left, Taylor Lewan on right, or "Roughly 600 pounds..."
Do you ride around Ann Arbor on a tandem bike?
“I do. I ride a twosy bike. That’s not leaving Ann Arbor. I’m keeping that twosy bike.”
Is there ever someone on the back?
“Oh yeah. I give rides. I carpool. I ride with a couple guys. Drew Dileo’s in the back of the thing all the time. You guys know Chris Brown from hockey. He’s on there, too.”
Is the weight distribution an issue?
“No. There’s really no problem with that. Do you have any more football questions at all?”
What has Elliott Mealer done this spring to move into the left guard position?
“Elliott Mealer’s a fifth year senior. He’s been through two coaches. He knows football. He gets it. Coming in, I think he’s doing a phenomenal job. I have 100% confidence in him. If he’s the guy I play next to in the fall, I’ll be excited about it.
“Anything else? You guys just want to talk about the tandem bike. I get it.”
When’d you get it?
“A couple weeks ago.”
Where from?
“There’s a place on North Campus called Midwest Bike & Tandem … I’ve always wanted a tandem bike, a twosy. So I had to get it.
“Do you have any other football questions?”
No.
“You good? Okay you guys have a great day.”
March 28th, 2012 at 11:47 AM | 
Lewan in jorts?
Lewan in jorts?
March 28th, 2012 at 12:34 PM |
haha
haha
I saw him wearing a pretty hip tanktop at a party last week and thought the same thing.
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March 28th, 2012 at 11:49 AM |
I hope that Taylor Lewan gets
I hope that Taylor Lewan gets
I hope that Taylor Lewan gets infinite eligibility and stays with us forever.
March 28th, 2012 at 11:54 AM |
Glasgow
Glasgow
looks like he might have wanted you to save him
March 28th, 2012 at 11:56 AM |
Some questions for further
Some questions for further
Some questions for further press conferences. What are the specs on the bike? Is the seat height a problem? Why baby blue? Do you always take the front seat? Is who gets the front seat ever a source of tension? If so how do you resolve it? Do not let this issue slide.
Galileo was also chastised.
March 28th, 2012 at 12:04 PM |
Also, "what's the air
Also, "what's the air
Also, "what's the air pressure in those whitewalls?"
March 28th, 2012 at 11:57 AM |
Bike
Bike
I saw him and what might've been Glasgow (Idk) coming right at me last week. Both were rocking tank tops and the dude on the back had an American flag swimsuit on. Kind of scary to see that much person coming at me that fast.
March 28th, 2012 at 7:11 PM |
It seemed like they were out
It seemed like they were out
It seemed like they were out riding it every day last week. Saw them going right down the middle of Packard a few times.
March 28th, 2012 at 12:05 PM |
This is why I love MGoBlog.
This is why I love MGoBlog.
This is why I love MGoBlog. Good work
www.eatacheeseburger.blogspot.com Brian Cook has read this blog!
March 28th, 2012 at 12:06 PM |
If you're 6-7 and 300+ lbs
If you're 6-7 and 300+ lbs
you can get away with anything, regardless of how silly it would look with normal people.
March 28th, 2012 at 12:18 PM |
Case and point
Case and point
March 28th, 2012 at 1:15 PM |
Wow.
Wow.
I didn't realize the hammer was engraved. That's pretty impressive.
Tandem bike, jean shorts, tank top?!...yeah, no comment is the safe choice, I think.
March 28th, 2012 at 2:51 PM |
He be worthy.
He be worthy.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
March 28th, 2012 at 12:07 PM |
I wonder how much tire
I wonder how much tire
I wonder how much tire presure is required to keep that rubber from looking like a pancake with 600 pounds sitting on that bike.
March 28th, 2012 at 12:09 PM |
Wear helmets!
Wear helmets!
fergodsake
Tremendous!
March 28th, 2012 at 12:18 PM |
This...?
This...?
Or this?
Or the best of both worlds?
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
March 28th, 2012 at 12:46 PM |
Sorry if off topic, but I
Sorry if off topic, but I
Sorry if off topic, but I MUST have that helmet at the top. Where did you find it???? Is this something one can purchase from the Mgoblog Store?
And please don't say QVC....I hate that damn channel.
/rabble rabble, midnight shopping...rabble rabble...too much alcohol....
Edit: Nevermind....found it!! It will be mine, oh yes...it will be mine.
The Team, The Team, The Team
March 28th, 2012 at 2:32 PM |
Hipster helmets
Hipster helmets
These helmets are more hipster attire:
I'd hate to see Lewan miss a game with a concussion.
March 28th, 2012 at 1:21 PM |
Do they really seem like
Do they really seem like
Do they really seem like helmet type?
March 28th, 2012 at 1:27 PM |
uh, yeah--they play FOOTBALL (see photo, above)
uh, yeah--they play FOOTBALL (see photo, above)
and we want them to protect ye olde coco off the field so they can do well on. Personally, I'm a little anxious about their KNEES, too. Hoke might curtail this whole deal pretty quick if he gets a gander.
March 28th, 2012 at 8:13 PM |
I know right. They should
I know right. They should
I know right. They should have knee pads and elbow pads on too when they ride that unsafe contraption. Also a motocross chest protector would be ideal. Why are they not wearing mouthguards don't they know they could brake (Boom) their teeth out with that dangerous thing. I mean, don't you know they ride it on the sidewalk like less than 15 feet from traffic?!?!?! Such risk takers these kids.
Signed,
21st century parent
March 28th, 2012 at 12:13 PM |
that interview was
that interview was
that interview was hilarious. it's like Taylor knows us too well.
March 28th, 2012 at 12:17 PM |
It needs a maize and blue
It needs a maize and blue
It needs a maize and blue custom paint job.
March 28th, 2012 at 12:23 PM |
Maybe Dave Brandon
Maybe Dave Brandon
Could hook him up.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
March 28th, 2012 at 12:18 PM |
Not to make you guys jealous
Not to make you guys jealous
Not to make you guys jealous or anything, but I had lunch with Taylor two years ago at the Women's Football Academy. I'm signed up again this year - I'll report back. And I'll definitely grill him on the whole tandem thing, and maybe even ask for a ride.
March 28th, 2012 at 12:21 PM |
Word it better
Word it better
Than you did that last sentence.
Or don't. ;-)
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
March 28th, 2012 at 12:28 PM |
See, this is the danger of
See, this is the danger of
See, this is the danger of being a girl on a predominanatly male blog. Didn't even occur to me.
March 28th, 2012 at 12:36 PM |
I agree, but I'm 42 yrs old
I agree, but I'm 42 yrs old
I agree, but I'm 42 yrs old and thought the same damn thing. Sorry.
March 28th, 2012 at 1:36 PM |
I'm a girl
I'm a girl
And I saw it...but I wouldn't have commented and then added the Bevis chuckle.
Mom, MGrad and life long fan living in So Cal
March 28th, 2012 at 2:07 PM |
Come on people, unlike RCMB,
Come on people, unlike RCMB,
Come on people, unlike RCMB, we're above this. The female contributors make mgoblog a better environment.
March 28th, 2012 at 2:46 PM |
If we can make fun of aamichfan
If we can make fun of aamichfan
For calling Barnum Will Campbell, while recognizing some female reporter in the background, it'd be sexist to put a female poster on a pedestal and treat them like fragile flowers that can't handle the same kidding. The line would have been just as funny as typed if aamichfan typed it. Maybe funnier. And I'd have been glad to point it out then, too. Because he can take a joke. Lighten up, Francis.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
March 28th, 2012 at 9:36 PM |
The girls on here are girls
The girls on here are girls
The girls on here are girls who follow football. No delicate flowers here.
March 29th, 2012 at 11:18 AM |
Just so you know
Just so you know
I wasn't accusing you of acting like a delicate flower. I was accusing him of treating you like one. I find the whole "ooohhhh, wow..shiny, a girl on a football blog" to be as sexist as anything. You're a football fan. You should be treated like any other football fan on here...mercilessly. Until you show you don't know what your talking about...then one gets bombed like every other guy poster who doesn't know what he's talking about. The only difference between what you posted and what would have happened if a guy posted it is the latter probably would have come with a NTTAWWT tag. So I don't think that you came off as overly sensitive. Just the guy who thinks the women folk need defending. (Even from other women, apparently).
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
March 29th, 2012 at 1:17 AM |
For the record..
For the record..
I thought it was funny..my attempt at humor failed.
Mom, MGrad and life long fan living in So Cal
March 29th, 2012 at 2:10 AM |
We're the thorns on the stems
We're the thorns on the stems
We're the thorns on the stems of the fragile flowers.
March 28th, 2012 at 12:23 PM |
Midwest Bike & Tandem
Midwest Bike & Tandem
I didn't know about this place, but it does exist:
1691 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI
March 28th, 2012 at 12:24 PM |
Me: HAHAHARHAR, look at those
Me: HAHAHARHAR, look at those
Me: HAHAHARHAR, look at those idiots on the tandem bike
Friend: HAHAHARHAR
Me: Oh my God they are huge and I think they heard us
Friend: Oh Shi*
Me: (pointing at friend) He said it, you can rip his arms off and beat me with them
"Wasn't that Michigan drive just great. That's like Patton riding into Berlin." ~Bob Ufer
March 28th, 2012 at 12:26 PM |
Has Denard been on the bike?
Has Denard been on the bike?
Has Denard been on the bike?
March 28th, 2012 at 12:34 PM |
No, they do not yet make a bike tire with the compound used in
No, they do not yet make a bike tire with the compound used in
tires for rocket powered cars tested at Bonneville.
Your opinion has no value.
March 28th, 2012 at 12:40 PM |
I had a friend who attended
I had a friend who attended
I had a friend who attended Florida during the Tebow years and had some great pics of Tebow and one of the Pouncey brothers riding around on a moped.
If you're not living for something then you're dying for nothing.
March 28th, 2012 at 1:00 PM |
I just love that this
I just love that this
I just love that this front-pager immediately follows the presser recap where Lewan insists on being more serious this year. I love it.
"There was a time I could have been mistaken for Burt Reynolds. I had a moustache and so did he. But he was the number one star in the world, so there wasn't really much confusion."
March 28th, 2012 at 1:07 PM |
Try as he might, he's just
Try as he might, he's just
Try as he might, he's just not the straight man. He's just not.
March 28th, 2012 at 1:01 PM |
The difference between UM and Ohio...
The difference between UM and Ohio...
The difference between UM and Ohio can be summed up pictorial by comparing Lewan on his bike with Pryor next to his Corvette - - unless of course some alumnus bought him the bike.
March 28th, 2012 at 1:10 PM |
Greatest interview of all
Greatest interview of all
Greatest interview of all time.
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March 28th, 2012 at 1:11 PM |
With gas prices at $4/gal, makes sense.
With gas prices at $4/gal, makes sense.
Smart kids.
March 28th, 2012 at 1:15 PM |
Wow. I don't even understand
Wow. I don't even understand
Wow. I don't even understand the physics that make that photo possible.
March 28th, 2012 at 1:28 PM |
Good Marketing Opportunity for the Manufacturer
Good Marketing Opportunity for the Manufacturer
That photo alone is great evidence for the manufacturer of the structural integrity of their design.
March 28th, 2012 at 6:57 PM |
I would say the
I would say the
I would say the stress induced on that bike has just leapt into the engineer's safety factor.
March 28th, 2012 at 1:32 PM |
Midwest Bike & Tandem
Midwest Bike & Tandem
GREAT place. Really helpful. I bought my recumbent trike from them. They had one in the shop and let me take it out in the parking lot and cruise around all I wanted to test it.
"This is the EMU game, not the emo game."
March 28th, 2012 at 2:01 PM |
Taylor Lewan has validated...
Taylor Lewan has validated...
...my entire college experience(!) At least the St. Patrick's Day 2006 portion of it.
Linking because the picture was taken by some random girl: http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2379192590083692512HKLkTv
Who knew he was so hipster? I like the fact that he is rocking the fedora hat very similar to RVB from last year.