So inovative

>>1075237
direct power. Fun to ride. I made one in design school, its somewhere in my parents garage now

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Muh minimalism

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>>1075242
Please tell me why design fags are obsessed with fucking up the beauty of a purely functional design. JUST STOP.

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seriously. STOP

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Here's one that they got right for a change. Complete redesign of the traditional bike frame that actually makes sense and works great.

>>1075265
looks like i'd have to wear a cup to ride it.

>>1075265
oh geez i want that

>>1075265
I actually road one of these down a large hill. It was terrifying. All you weight is on the rear wheel which makes the steering touchy as hell.

I just finished my degree in industrial design and would like to work in the bike industry.
I avoid telling people becuase they are allways like " coooooool , i recently saw a cool bike on buzzfeed that didn't use wheels and definitley will save our planet"

I want to work on real bikes.

>>1075237
>Why do they do this?
Coz they dumb niggas who don't know shit about bikes.
Just look at this manlet >>1075243. Just fucking look at him.

>>1075265
>ride up a bump
>get impaled
It gets folded up nicely.

>>1075243
No braking mech in rear? Assume it has a freewheel. Because libtards need to coast

>>1075373
Libtards need some sikk skidzz

>>1075293
Well yeah, that plus the small wheels make for a rather twitchy ride, it's not a bike for high speed descents but rather low speed, sharp corner city commuting

>>1075242
Is it direct? I bet there's a nexus hub on that wheel.

>>1075265
people ride something similar here looks goofy af

>>1075265
it works but it doesn't look better than a conventional bike.

can the seat height or handlebar position be adjusted?

>>1076095
They can be slid up and down, I think.

>>1076096
but sliding the seat up the tube will put the seat much closer to the handlebars; too close

>>1075265
looks kinda like a pedersen made fug with a brompton

>>1076098
Then you slide the stem down, or better yet, get one that actually fits you.

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>>1075249
>JUST STOP.
NO :D.

>>1075243
>INCREDIBLY smug man moving at NON THREATENING low speed

Anyone have that picture of that hanging bike?

>>1075237
>>1075243
>gets flat
>rolls abomination into LBS
"do you guys have 36" tubes? Presta preferred."

>>1076475
>imblying 29" tybes:DDD don't have enough stretch to do the job with no given fornication

>>1076481
/n/igga, I didn't pay a ridiculous amount of money for this one-off custom concept bike to get ghetto with my tube choices.

36" Latex of GTFO

>>1075237

Design students do this shit all the time because they are

1. Want something that isn't challenging

2. Don't understand bikes

3. Because it moves it is somehow impressive, even if it sucks

>>1075406
>Well yeah, that plus the small wheels make for a rather twitchy ride, it's not a bike for high speed descents but rather low speed, sharp corner city commuting

It's not a bike for any situation, it's just shit

>>1076511
No, you're wrong, it is in fact a bike for low speed commuting

>>1076517
What's the point of low speed commuting, I'd rather run than ride this.

>>1076520
Not getting sweaty and thus not needing a clothing change, which can be a nuisance for some people I'd imagine

>>1076523
Even if you can't keep clothes at work and bath there, you'd rather buy a 90s mtb than that thing desu.

>>1076528
Not if you also have to take the train/bus or want to keep your bike in your office, remember a big part of that specific bike is that it's foldable

>>1075237

Because some people are idiots who never bothered to look at some of the *horrible* early bicycle designs that are out there. Pretty much all these things were done a long time ago.

>>1075237
Because the double-diamond bicycle frame needs to be redesigned for the modern age!

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>>1076575
Reminder, double diamond isn't the pinnacle of bicycle design. Its only still in use due to UCI bullshit. Its been obsolete for decades.

>>1076661
If you're implying that design is somehow superior to the double diamond design you're dead wrong

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>>1076706
Ok

>>1076792
Now we're talking

>>1075249
>wind changes direction
>wheel collapses

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>>1077119
Remember the 80's when bike tech just became memes for Normie's that had no understanding of anything. I think we are approaching that point again.

>>1077170
WTF is this?

Do people not know how to determine the moment arm when calculating torque?

>>1079216
>Do people not know how to determine the moment arm when calculating torque?
I think you don't know.

>>1077170
I see that /pol/'s new bike is coming along nicely. Can't wait to see what they do with the frame.

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>>1076792
full speed ahead mode

recumbent riders who aren't somehow physically in need of a recumbent are a strange crew

>>1079608
>recumbent riders
I think most are always old people with back problems, and kids with autismo

>>1079608
There are a few out here, they always have that orange flag.

Before I knew what recumbent bike we're, I honestly thought they were paralyzed people or with the issue out here a special needs adult (retarded)

Who needed to excersize but was too learning disabled to ride a bike.

>>1076792
That chain probably goes for like $600 and needs to be replaced frequently. Horrible chainline so hard on it

>>1079692
fuck off

>>1075249
If those were normal wheels, it wouldn't be so bad.

>>1081357
It would need to be pretty heay due to the insane amount of stress at the point where the tubes have contact.

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>>1075237
i fixded it

>>1075237
>mfw my front and rear tire are 1 foot
from each other
>mfw normal frame with 28" wheels

>>1081386
you realize that having the crank at the wheel is the whole point of this design right?

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>>1075237
fixed