Originally Posted by tmac100
(Post 20567424)
New to this thread, but interested... Any website wrt this bicycle?
I am a 70+ y.o. tourer (on a DF custom built tourer). That said I also have a custom built (I mean to fit me) tourer (8-speed IGH). Always interested in progress wrt bicycles... The Kickstarter page has a video of a much older iteration which is not as pretty or sophisticated, particularly wrt the rear triangle, but gives the general gist on fold etc. The more recent goodies are only available on the backer pages which require a log in. |
Being realistic, no goodies are available at all at the moment because the bike isn't in production.
Quick question: has anyone actually seen a bike in the flesh, preferably a production one? By the way, I think you mean "backer" not "nacker", though that could be a Freudian slip? |
Originally Posted by avole
(Post 20567804)
Being realistic, no goodies are available at all at the moment because the bike isn't in production.
Quick question: has anyone actually seen a bike in the flesh, preferably a production one? By the way, I think you mean "backer" not "nacker", though that could be a Freudian slip? In all the photos and videos i've seen, the bike is made of titanium as advertised, not flesh. Boom, boom. Not aware of anyone who has seen the bike in the flesh but as I've posted before, the photos and more particularly the videos are plenty convincing. I do understand that at some point at least one backer has doorstopped Peter at the factory so they may have seen a preprod version. All a bit stalkery for me. I don't think i consider backers to be testicles, even on a subconscious level. |
There is no on the net info on this bike unless you have money invested in it. Either by ordering one or being part of the Helix Kick Start program. Roger
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It's not a bike, it's a website.
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Originally Posted by Joe Remi
(Post 20568042)
It's not a bike, it's a website.
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gibsonean, nacker is slang for a gypsy traveller, which, in the circumstances, seems curiously appropriate. I’m not sure how or why testicles entered the conversation. So, no bike, only videos. |
Originally Posted by linberl
(Post 20568050)
It's a gestational bike, and conceptual bikes are real bikes. I am pro-bike. ;-)
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Originally Posted by avole
(Post 20568415)
gibsonean, nacker is slang for a gypsy traveller, which, in the circumstances, seems curiously appropriate. I’m not sure how or why testicles entered the conversation. So, no bike, only videos. I don't get the gypsy traveller analogy 'in the circumstances'. What do you mean, 'no bike, only videos'? The videos are of the bike. It's the nature of the internet. |
The videos could also be photo shopped art work. The few pictures I have seen didn't look like real photos but more like conceptual art work. Roger
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Originally Posted by rhenning
(Post 20568607)
The videos could also be photo shopped art work. The few pictures I have seen didn't look like real photos but more like conceptual art work. Roger
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Originally Posted by Gibsonsean
(Post 20568477)
:). The ultrasounds look great. You can even see its little hinges moving.
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Originally Posted by linberl
(Post 20568843)
Yes! And it's a boy...couldn't really see the top tube well because of the angle, but as we all know, size matters.
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This thread, man...
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Originally Posted by Joe Remi
(Post 20568999)
This thread, man...
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But there is! It's on all those videos we can't see!
You have to believe, you know. |
Originally Posted by avole
(Post 20569108)
You have to believe, you know.
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I'm not remotely cynical about the existence of the bike, only concerned no-one has actually seen one after - how many years? My only interest, if it does turn out to be a pipe dream, is that no-one loses either their money or their dreams
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Actually, it's not the money, it's their dreams.
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Okay but seriously, it's been three years and no one thinks they are actually getting a Helix bike, right? I've been following this thread since the beginning and was holding out to buy one, but finally decided I needed to start living my life and just bought a Brompton.
Helix is like my friend who has been working on his PhD for six years and needs just a little more time to finish it... I don't understand why Peter doesn't just release it instead of tweaking the design every few months. I don't think anything will change... |
Originally Posted by firestorm135
(Post 20569719)
Okay but seriously, it's been three years and no one thinks they are actually getting a Helix bike, right? I've been following this thread since the beginning and was holding out to buy one, but finally decided I needed to start living my life and just bought a Brompton.
Helix is like my friend who has been working on his PhD for six years and needs just a little more time to finish it... I don't understand why Peter doesn't just release it instead of tweaking the design every few months. I don't think anything will change... The design has not changed for some time. The focus for much of this year seems to have been on developing and establishing manufacturing processes (process automation in particular seems to have been very time consuming). This all seems pretty much done now, but it looks like there remains plenty to do before full scale assembly and shipping can begin. |
Originally Posted by firestorm135
(Post 20569719)
Okay but seriously, it's been three years and no one thinks they are actually getting a Helix bike, right? I've been following this thread since the beginning and was holding out to buy one, but finally decided I needed to start living my life and just bought a Brompton.
Helix is like my friend who has been working on his PhD for six years and needs just a little more time to finish it... I don't understand why Peter doesn't just release it instead of tweaking the design every few months. I don't think anything will change... |
At least the ShareRoller is delaying itself into a growing market, which makes the delays make some marketing sense. Helix seems to be a product waiting until the last rider is on an ebike and doesn't care anymore.
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Thay's a good point. Helix are hoping to buy into a market which is getting close to saturation. I can buy a folding bike at any local supermarket for not much money. I'll readily admit my Brompton looks heavily overpriced these days. I wonder what the Helix' sales projections are.
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Originally Posted by avole
(Post 20571021)
Thay's a good point. Helix are hoping to buy into a market which is getting close to saturation. I can buy a folding bike at any local supermarket for not much money. I'll readily admit my Brompton looks heavily overpriced these days. I wonder what the Helix' sales projections are.
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