Lambos are for going fast and making ladies knickers fall down (or atleast I assume that's what the owners think will happen) you're going to feel a bit of a tool if you're in a lambo and a nissan micra cruises passed and leaves you for dead. Which is pretty much what will happen to this guy, he'll go out to "shred" and a handy rider on a perfectly normal roadbike will overtake him.For everyone moaning about it being impractical, lambos are impractical.
Liking that commuter njee
I do like this one:
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I know it's a bit of a logo overload, but this looks flippin cool...
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But for me, this is just stunningly cool...
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The only cool bike posted on this thread so far is the Boris Bike.
Whaddayoulot like..
That bike is designed for a singular purpose, of course it's cool, it's an interpretation of one mans minds eye design, perfect..
Stop squabbling, hhahhaahahaha
That Fuji is a loverly thing, so too the De Rosa..
That bike is designed for a singular purpose [...] it's an interpretation of one mans minds eye design, perfect..
Reads like the very definition of uncool.
So what precisely is it meant to be?
Following the 2nd pic with it's rider I assume this is the start of the latest niche [I]"Aero Hipster"[/I] for when you can't hang about and need to get to that coffee shop with free Wifi to watch a gripping Webcast on your ipatch or the like...
It is niether cool nor likely to go fast and for those reason I'm out!
I respect all of your opinions. But you're wrong. It's still a cool bike.
If someone said here wanna go on my bike down this big hill, tell me you wouldn't smile and jump on the cool machine
Jebus guys, it's a gravity bike! The point is you sit on it and whizz down a hill with no other propulsion than Newton's Finest!
Would you compare a hang-glide to a fighter jet? Or a bob-sleigh to a ski-doo?
It's a cool - albeit slightly clumsily built - tool for a specific sport. I want a go on it, therefore, it's cool!
The Fuji is too garish and Euro to be cool.
I do like those English bikes though. The TT one is probably not UCI-legal though...
But it's not a particularly good stab at a "Gravity bike" really...
If your design goal is to optimise a bike for gravity fed only descent on tarmac, then surely the main focus has to be aerodynamics and stability at speed, so a rider sat on the thing in a fetal position Vs stretching the rider out over a longer chassis with a more stable wheelbase, I'd opt for the later just to reduce frontal area as a starter, are they actually limited on wheelbase or something?
Just seems like this design will be less stable at speed with a higher COG, more frontal area and short twichy wheelbase...
Definately a "Minds eye Vision" rather than a physics or engineering based concept...
Still each to their own....
I want a go on it, therefore, it's cool!
Is that definition based on the fact you think you're cool?
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Hmmm, having googled the sport now it seems very Ummm "American"....
The podium shots have plently of "Big boned chaps" I can only assume it appeals due to the lack of requirement for pedaling...
A thinner chap would appear to have a natural Aero and cornering advantage...
This is not a "Cool" Sport...
Awe..so a bloke with some tube, a welder and some idea about sticking it alltogether, slaming some wheels on it, and going fast downhill is uncool eh..
It is be it's definition, cool.
100lbs of lard and a goatee beard seems to be the recipe for success in Gravity Biking. Mind you, doing 90mph (they claim) on a converted BMX could be quite 'interesting'.
Define Cool then...
Obese Yanks attempting to fold their ample bodies onto a botched childs bike so they can trundle down a closed road doesn't strike me as "Cool"...
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Is that definition based on the fact you think you're cool?
I [b][i]AM[/i][/b] cool...
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Having had a look at those links, I want a go!!! Shall we organise an STW gravity league?
It's the subject of a STW debate. It isn't cool.
As uncool as it is. I think there should be an STW Gravity League started...
Goatee and Gut compulsory...
The TT one is probably not UCI-legal though...
I think it is actually.
Loving that Berner footflaps, it's like a glorious JCB.
That Fuji is hideous, and not just because it isn't slammed.
Also, when you ride down a mountain road on a road bike, you pedal out of the corners, otherwise you go really slow. So what happens when you get to a corner on that scooter thing?
Which is pretty much what will happen to this guy, he'll go out to "shred" and a handy rider on a perfectly normal roadbike will overtake him.
+1
The point isn't how much faster a pedaled bike would be, the point is how fast you can make a completely unpowered bike go.
Same as soap box racing... Looks like it could be bloody good fun!
Having just been watching my older son (who's perfectly capable of riding a bike with pedals) on his little brother's bike, I've realised that this is just the adult version of one of these:
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Presumably for people who've made it to 30 without learning how to pedal?
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