This post has nothing to do at all with real bicycles

Other than that it started with a bicycle ride to a plastic model exhibition. And as amends for all this non-bicycle related stuff, we'll start with some pretty cool plastic models of bicycles. There is this:

(We borrowed this picture from Hobby Search. Hope that's OK!)

one, which is probably quite easy to find. It's not super-exciting but OK. And possibly you could modify it. Ditch the mudguards, the chain-guard, the kick-stand and the luggage carrier and you have a fixie. With some drop handlebars and a racier saddle you could even make it resemble a racing bike. Or just keep it as it is, if you're into more standard bikes. That's cool too.

Then there is this:

(We borrowed this picture from Italiaanse Racefietsen. Hope that's OK!)

which actually is a racing bike. It looks really cool and it's even made in Italy. It's probably quite hard to find. And if you find it it's probably really expensive.

And lastly there are our photos from the plastic model exhibion. There were a lot of models exhibited, but these were our favourites:

 (We think this one was called Villa Nautica, and it is made from a plastic model of a ship, paper and other assorted materials. According to the description there are some scale model figures in there but we couldn't spot them...)

 (This Vulcan bomber is cool. And huge!)

 (A WW I bus)

 (Some kind of desert truck)

 (A Finnish Hawk)

 (An F-16)

 (Another F-16)

 (A Viking!)

 (This model was really impressive. It even featured a detailed, lit hangar deck!)

(Helicopters, above and below)

 (Nautilus - the submarine from Jules Vernes' novels)

 (Yep. We get it.)

 (A Victor. Cool and huge as well.)

 (Some Star Wars models. We're not really fans of the Star Wars films, but these models are cool.)

 (Maschinen Krieger)

 (This figure needs no introduction, does it?)

 (The contrast between this minion and the monsters behind it...)

 (This guy we just couldn't figure out. He spent some time arranging some tin cans and tightly drawn strings, and then started playing and to be honest it sounded... crap. Really, we can appreciate stuff like Ornette Coleman's Free Jazz, but this just sounded like some mentally deficient guy randomly beating some tin cans and tightly drawn strings. He's not mentally deficient.)

 (A WW II Finnish tank)

 (A Rocket Bunny style car, apparently)

(Tyrrell P34 race cars, above and below)

 (A gold and black T-Ford. Nice!)

That's it. Ride safe!