Who wants a McBike?
06-16-05, 12:38 PM
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Who wants a McBike?
https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,159799,00.html
McDonald's Corp. will begin selling skateboards and bikes bearing the fast-food company's brand in a new effort to get kids to burn off burgers and fries with exercise.
06-16-05, 12:39 PM
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"Would you like fries with that?"
How easy is it to fit through the drive-thru window?
And the biggest question of all: Does it come with a carbon fiber bottle cage big enough to fit the supersized extra value 85 fl. oz. Coke?
How easy is it to fit through the drive-thru window?
And the biggest question of all: Does it come with a carbon fiber bottle cage big enough to fit the supersized extra value 85 fl. oz. Coke?
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Next it will be the tabacco companies selling bikes with their brand to help overcome the harmful effects of smoking. Then the major car companies will equip every new car with a bike to use when you end up stuck in a traffic jam on the freeway.
McDonalds just needs to quit selling crappy food!
McDonalds just needs to quit selling crappy food!
06-16-05, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by ctyler
Then the major car companies will equip every new car with a bike to use when you end up stuck in a traffic jam on the freeway.
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06-16-05, 02:08 PM
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Lets see, double 1/4 pounder w/Cheese, Supersize Frys, Shake = appx 1800 calories, via McDonalds Nutrition Info.
Cycling 15-16 mph burns appx 700 calories per hour
So that should fuel me for about 2 1/2 hours of riding. Of course, if I ate all of that and then went riding, I doubt that I'd hold it long enought to derive much nutritional value from it. <grin>
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Cycling 15-16 mph burns appx 700 calories per hour
So that should fuel me for about 2 1/2 hours of riding. Of course, if I ate all of that and then went riding, I doubt that I'd hold it long enought to derive much nutritional value from it. <grin>
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Originally Posted by Mentor58
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Originally Posted by ctyler
Next it will be the tabacco companies selling bikes
Originally Posted by khuon
That wouldn't be new. Remember the 1996 Volkswagen Special Edition Trek Jetta?
McD's going to start selling small, medium,large, and camelback beverage sizes? And are they going to bring back the styrofoam burger containers and market them as helmets?
06-16-05, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by SpiderMike
McD's going to start selling small, medium,large, and camelback beverage sizes? And are they going to bring back the styrofoam burger containers and market them as helmets?
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Originally Posted by khuon
Will the drivetrain be lubed with french fry oil?
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Originally Posted by jbonus
If it's full Dura Ace priced to McDonald's scale then I'm buying.
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Originally Posted by khuon
And the biggest question of all: Does it come with a carbon fiber bottle cage big enough to fit the supersized extra value 85 fl. oz. Coke?
06-16-05, 04:53 PM
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McDonald's Corp. will begin selling skateboards and bikes bearing the fast-food company's brand in a new effort to get kids to burn off burgers and fries with exercise.
06-16-05, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by * jack *
And if they lube it with french-fry oil, it will soon become the 'best-SMELLING' bike around.
06-17-05, 12:32 AM
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Do they mean for McBike owners to buy at the drive-thru also? How about McSkateboarders?
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06-17-05, 11:35 AM
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Has anyone got Morgan Spurlock's opinion?
06-17-05, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Orikal
Or to hook kids on their brand as early as possible? Or to make it appear to the parents that McDonald's is actually concerned with what we do when we're not consuming their junk? Do we REALLY think McDonald's truly gives a flip about our kids' health?
I'm sure that the quality of these McBikes will be McCrappy. Will probably be sold at Wally World along with the rest of the McCrappy bikes.
06-17-05, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Doctor Morbius
I'm sure there is a lot of truth to that. McDonald's cares about the money, not our health. The only reason they started selling these new salads is because they got sued because some guy got fat eating their food. Duh! What planet was he from?
I'm sure that the quality of these McBikes will be McCrappy. Will probably be sold at Wally World along with the rest of the McCrappy bikes.
I'm sure that the quality of these McBikes will be McCrappy. Will probably be sold at Wally World along with the rest of the McCrappy bikes.
https://www.mcdonalds.com/app_control...on.index1.html
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Originally Posted by Orikal
like someone WON'T eat it with dressing)
06-17-05, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by SpiderMike
Thanks, that just confirms the weird looks I get when I order a sald without the dressing.
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Originally Posted by SpiderMike
Thanks, that just confirms the weird looks I get when I order a sald without the dressing.
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Originally Posted by * jack *
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Originally Posted by Mentor58
Lets see, double 1/4 pounder w/Cheese, Supersize Frys, Shake = appx 1800 calories, via McDonalds Nutrition Info.
Cycling 15-16 mph burns appx 700 calories per hour
So that should fuel me for about 2 1/2 hours of riding.
Cycling 15-16 mph burns appx 700 calories per hour
So that should fuel me for about 2 1/2 hours of riding.
On the surface, that seems almost logical - but anytime I succomb to McDonalds, I become completely depleted of energy and feel like I need a nap. Then I get hungry again within a couple hours and have to find something REAL to eat.