designers designing just to design with no problem to solve...
product development as masturbation. sigh.
2012-09-06 22:43:21
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FLIZ
Well, my girlfriend just alerted me to the existence of this thing and all I have to say is... um, that's weird...
http://fliz-concept.blogspot.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH0yyYHir10
On a more serious side, I have no idea how this fits into any transportation system. It's either a really slow bike or a really fast pedestrian. I'm not sure I'd like to be stuck in that posture for long rides. And I certainly don't think I'd want to take it anywhere near a hill.
2012-09-06 22:33:47
I don't like it. On a bike if I am going down I can unclip my feet and jump on them. Or I can jump of bike completely. If I use FLIZ then I don't have a choice but go down with it.
2012-09-06 22:44:31
+1 cb, nailed it.
if it had some rear footrests / pegs it might be fun to scoot around on with some friends for a while, maybe some downhill activities or the like.
But as a practical application of a transportational solution i find it not only lacking, but obtusely futile.
2012-09-06 22:57:27
Frankly it strikes me as student industrial design work. I certainly hope their professors pointed all these problems out to them.
EDIT: And it's up for the "James Dyson Award" which is for student designers, so yeah.
2012-09-06 23:00:59
My back, neck and crotch hurt just from watching that video.
That is an unbelievably stupid idea.
2012-09-06 23:01:20
That thing would be so much better if it had Aerospokes.
2012-09-06 23:05:01
^yes!!!!!
2012-09-06 23:25:45
I don't get to use this word nearly enough:
Onanistic
2012-09-06 23:30:21
Someone get me one of those things, and I'll give it a real test: Round trip, McCandless to Downtown and back, twice: Once via my stream jump, trail, Babcock, and river trail; once via Perry, hike up 53 steps in West View, then Perrysville, and Federal, both down and up.
I also want to see what it's like in rotten weather, perhaps even slush or snow.
2012-09-06 23:53:22
I like Aerospokes
2012-09-06 23:55:16
yes, but when coasting, you could pretend to be superman more believably than if you were sitting.
somebody ban that spammer, this has gotten stupid.
2012-09-10 13:46:13
this was featured here:
http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-ridiculously-unnecessary-modern-inventions/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=fanpage&utm_campaign=new+article&wa_ibsrc=fanpage
2012-09-23 23:20:01
someone doesnt know their history...
summation :
circa 1860 - similar idea - different design, pedal-less bike
2012-09-24 04:48:58