Amazing (stupid) bike inventions
03-10-20, 10:11 PM
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Amazing (stupid) bike inventions
How do people ever get funding for these crazy ideas. It's clear that most have absolutely zero chance of being widely adopted
03-11-20, 02:03 AM
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The foldable wheel is definitely quite amazingly stupid. The handlebars are pretty dumb too. The rest seem fair enough.
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03-11-20, 07:24 AM
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I am more bothered by the guy leaving his water bottle on the bike when using the automatic lift. Gross.
03-11-20, 08:13 AM
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Finally! I have been waiting for someone to develop a wheel that can be switched from a wheelchair to a bike.
03-11-20, 08:24 AM
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I'm waiting for Ryobi to bring out one of those bolt on power packs that uses the 18v batteries because I've got tons of those.
Honestly the bayonet-mount handlebars seem pretty clever
Honestly the bayonet-mount handlebars seem pretty clever
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03-11-20, 08:36 AM
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03-11-20, 09:12 AM
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Still waiting on the handlebar mounted EMP generator to disable cell phones.
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03-11-20, 11:04 AM
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Why would anybody want handlebars like that? Even if you didn't have to worry about them snapping when you hit a pothole at speed, how often do you want to change your bone from road to fixie and back?
03-11-20, 11:12 AM
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E-Bikes should be on the list of stupid inventions. 
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03-11-20, 12:04 PM
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The handlebars would work great on my Bike Friday. Looks like it might better system then what is currently on them and would be ‘tool-less’ assembly, which is alway a plus in a hotel room. I alway need to have a Allen wrench on me for the first ride because the handbags are never quite right the first time.
03-11-20, 04:37 PM
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03-11-20, 08:27 PM
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The vertical wall storage system is neat. I bet it's at least 80x more expensive than the hooks I have screwed into my wall.
I could see the appeal for an upper middle class family where the petite wife has a 40# cruiser bike. And for kids, I guess.
I still like my hooks though.
I could see the appeal for an upper middle class family where the petite wife has a 40# cruiser bike. And for kids, I guess.
I still like my hooks though.
03-12-20, 06:14 AM
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03-13-20, 11:28 AM
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I'd actually be down with auto manufacturers adding a cyclist alert that operates on a known band where a cyclist would carry the transmitter. Useless in Denmark or somewhere super busy, but super useful in other situations.
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