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GiantDefyGuy 02-23-12 12:31 PM
Wow! :twitchy:

I thought that "stuff bag" was going to open up and turn into wings....or a sail or something. No dice.

Looks like clipping back in after one of those awesome foot-down turns is a chore.

Do your shorts have to be that short when you ride this thing? WTF?! Out of all the shorts out there......

StephenH 02-23-12 12:53 PM
Originally Posted by esldude (Post 13887063)

Does the guy have a periscope or something for looking forward?
He's got goggles with mirrors, he says- I think prisms would also work there.

One drawback is you'd have to be fairly fit with good stomach muscles to ride it comfortably. Which would rule out a lot of the very people that would be interested otherwise.

Beau210 02-23-12 01:13 PM
Originally Posted by ahsposo (Post 13887774)
I can see that person going over the handlebars and getting speared on that horn lol

cinemattic 02-23-12 01:49 PM
he's one shift away from losing a digit... esp in that SIC "half turn"

merlinextraligh 02-23-12 02:48 PM
http://gearheads.in/images/imported/...ntity29-1.jpeg

Walter 02-23-12 02:55 PM
Not all ideas are good ideas.

pallen 02-23-12 03:08 PM
Originally Posted by OldsCOOL (Post 13888450)
Planking on a bike??
:lol:

roadiejorge 02-23-12 03:12 PM
How do you bunny hop on that thing?

hammy56 02-23-12 04:28 PM
Originally Posted by merlinextraligh (Post 13889184)
lol...great episode.

caloso 02-23-12 04:47 PM
Originally Posted by ahsposo (Post 13887791)
All the advantages, aerodynamically speaking, of a recumbent with none of the comfort! Plus when that goofy ass reflex goggle fills up with sweat you'll be blind.

Brilliant!
This is the first thing I thought, once I realized he was using those goggles.

ahsposo 02-23-12 05:33 PM
Originally Posted by roadiejorge (Post 13889282)
How do you bunny hop on that thing?
I would imagine it would hurt.

Can you imagine how it would feel to ride that on cobbles?

merlinextraligh 02-23-12 05:57 PM
Originally Posted by ahsposo (Post 13887791)
All the advantages, aerodynamically speaking, of a recumbent with none of the comfort! Plus when that goofy ass reflex goggle fills up with sweat you'll be blind.

Brilliant!

Yep. Dollars to donuts this is faster, and only about 75% as fredly:

http://lightningbikes.com/U-2_Ivanpah_small.jpg


of course you give some of the aero advantage back with the drag from the gray beard.

Jaymadd 02-23-12 07:36 PM
I'm in if it comes in a crabon model.

Dolamite02 02-23-12 11:52 PM
I'm amazed that the comments are disabled on Youtube.


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