Bike Products Which Exist, But Which One Wishes Did Not

Master_Stabby · June 19, 2020, 8:27pm

Amateur

anon24974279 · June 19, 2020, 8:48pm

Looks like oakland one of the bart stations with that blue brick.
Seems like a total pain in the ass and a million ways for it to break and bend and for people to fuck it up and get super dirty.
Thats like the renovo of folding bikes. Like a little proud of having a weird thing.
Walking is pretty simple ya know.

lofarkas · June 19, 2020, 8:49pm

I applaud the novel idea but it’s bound to fail as a product. Way too much futzing for no real benefit over just running a smaller wheel. It’s still kinda cool that somebody came up with it, but the guy is probably better off just keeping it as a quirky personal bike rather than try to market the idea.

JUGE_FREDD · June 19, 2020, 9:58pm

still a better love story than Rinko

VT_regularbike · June 20, 2020, 12:39am

Best thing about bromptons is the pere chair and the Tbag.

earwig · June 20, 2020, 12:41am

W1A is an overly self-referential/self-deprecating spoof of the BBC Head of Values office. There’s a running gag through the show about the struggles of folding a Brompton before entering Broadcasting House. This is the best clip I could find:

BicyclePears · July 14, 2020, 6:00pm

one might wish these did not currently exist.

Crustradamus · July 14, 2020, 6:42pm

how much weed to smoke to come up with that

b-roll · July 14, 2020, 7:03pm

Oh shit, is that a zipper?

Andrew_Squirrel · July 14, 2020, 7:06pm

BicyclePears · July 14, 2020, 7:10pm

a successful bike-related kickstarter. ya just hate to see it.

euclid · July 14, 2020, 7:12pm

I am envisioning complete tread separation with hard braking.

drwelby · July 14, 2020, 9:13pm

Houston, we have achieved separation

b-roll · July 14, 2020, 9:36pm

I was braced to find that I even commented on this back then and forgot. At least I just missed it altogether.

Puncture resistance must be pretty amazing. Assuming you clean the inner tire before putting on the treadmask.

Blakey · July 14, 2020, 11:42pm

thousand dollar idea you can retyre on

earwig · July 15, 2020, 12:02am

So you’re saying treadmask donning and doffing technique is important for preventing contamination? (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)

b-roll · July 15, 2020, 12:19am

What’s to apologize for??
“sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name”

Falkor · July 15, 2020, 6:35pm

You want to be where you can see
The troubles are all the same

BEEutiful_Wednesday_DDS · October 27, 2020, 2:15pm

how about “entire bicycles that exist but you wish didnt”
there is not a single thing i like about it.

it looks bad
it will not function well (grips too narrow, no fenders, no ROOM for fenders, no mounts)
it will feel bad on your body

jimmythefly · October 27, 2020, 3:04pm

Ugh. Best thing I can say is it looks like maybe the seat tube is at a reasonable angle.