As for the $1200 figure---how can they build a custom bike with a complicated frame for so little? or is that the estimated price, because so far they have only built one? With all the cutting and welding involved, the pivots, the bi-directional chain drive, and on top of that, a whole regular bicycle ... i don't see hoe they can honestly bring this thing to market for about the same price as a normal bike. Free labor? That lasts until the food stamps run out .... And when they finally announce that the idea didn't pan out, will everyone get his or her money back? No? Surprise, surprise, surprise ......
Someday check out pics of cyclists or scooter riders from other countries, India, Pakistan, Asia particularly. Folks can fir six or seven people on a 350cc motorcycle or a pyramid of building supplies twelve feet high on a bicycle. They don't have panniers, they might jam a board between the seat stays for a rack ... necessity makes them creative. here the chief driver of creativity seems to be "too much time on my hands."
