[Closed] And the most pointless cycling gadget of the day goes to...

is that not what Chris Frome has been looking at on his stem all these years?

http://chrisfroomelookingatstems.tumblr.com/

You've made me lose my twirl now. Hang on, I must need confection-o-scope

fantastic ! makes every ride look like a film of a stage from a 60s road race

I'm not buying if they take out the lines

That's not pointless, it's genius.

Once you have a stiff neck you'll appreciate a gadget like that much more. 🙂

Thanks for the heads-up! ...er

^very good. Found it BTW.

How many brackets does it need ? Must way 4kgs.. 🙄

I notice that its fitted to a narrow barred (presumably a fixie) bike. Therefore Im out. Im not hip enough for such fripperies.

Can you watch some TV channels on this too?

No but you might see yourself on Police, Camera , Action!

Can you watch [s]some TV channels[/s] gentertainment on this too?

Last week I saw someone with a gopro on his bars which was attached to a smartphone also on his bars, so he could see where he was riding via the phone.

Are hipsters eyeballs fixed as well as their gears then?

Sounds too much like pedo-scope. Either to find pedos or for pedos to find... y'know. 😯

Can you watch some TV channels on this too?

[url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/Glasses-Wearers-Spectacles-Computer-Extraordinary/dp/B008MLJ9HE ]Not that, but this...![/url]

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DrP

I'm actually LOLLING out loud at the above image!

DrP

Sounds too much like pedo-scope. Either to find pedos or for pedos to find... y'know.

Are you trying to relate this to [url= http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2012/10/05/angry-mobs-still-unable-to-spell-paedophile/ ]paedophilia[/url]????

with you DrP. utter classic init.

LOLOCOPTER

I want these glasses... 😯

If you combined glasses with scope, one could hold ones head upright, yet still view the road via the scope!
....oh, hang on...

Are you really a doctor, DrP?

Depends...the PHD lot often get in a tizz when I flash the "doctor card".... 😉

DrP

Those are recumbant specs, for people too ill to sit up, spinal injuries and so forth.
As opposed to lazy bastards.

Not for people actually riding 'bents?

That'd be handy for folk doing the [url= http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/raam/raam2.php?N_webcat_id=1 ]RAAM[/url] to avoid shermer's neck syndrome

They used to be listed in the Betterware catalogue as sunbathing glasses..

Those are recumbant specs, for people too ill to sit up, spinal injuries and so forth.
As opposed to lazy bastards.

DrP

Depends...the PHD lot often get in a tizz when I flash the "doctor card"....

DrP

😆

Currently I have two pairs of those glasses sat on my desk for making something very similar to the first picture.
Have you any idea how much triathletes will cough up if you can promise them a more aero position? 🙂

I can remember in about 1993 having a discussion with one of the Raleigh reps about a pair of those prism specs, used for exactly that situation, namely to allow a cyclist to keep his head down but still see.
I cant remember if it actually happened or was a theoretical conversation.
FWIW, i thought at the time that it sounded ok in theory at least.

They used to be listed in the Betterware catalogue as sunbathing glasses..

I recall ads in some of those catalogues for a "neck massager" usually modelled by an awkward looking lady. Quite why a neck massager needed to have variable speeds and different attachments always escaped me...

DrP - Member

Depends...the PHD lot often get in a tizz when I flash the "doctor card"....

DrP

thats cause its a job title not an actual salutation 😛

DrT (PhD)